Connective - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Connective :  adj : connecting or tending to connect; "connective remarks between chapters"; "connective tissue in animals"; "conjunctive tissue in plants" (noun)
1: an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences [syn: conjunction, conjunctive]
2: an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" [syn: connection, connexion, connector, connecter]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Connective : \Con*nect"ive\, a. Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

Connection tissue (Anat.) See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Connective : \Con*nect"ive\, n. That which connects. Specifically: (a) (Gram.) A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition. (b) (Bot.) That part of an anther which connects its thec[ae], lobes, or cells.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Connective : 

An operator used in logic to combine two logical formulas. See first order logic.



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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