Connective

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Connective \Con*nect"ive\, a.
     Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Connection tissue} (Anat.) See {Conjunctive tissue}, under
        {Conjunctive}.


        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  connective
       adj : connecting or tending to connect; "connective remarks
             between chapters"; "connective tissue in animals";
             "conjunctive tissue in plants"
       n 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}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

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