connective meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

connective

adj

/kəˈnɛktɪv/

Etymology For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.

Serving or tending to connect; connecting.

Society is doomed to an ignominious death as soon as the connective tissue of institutions and the ossified material of officialdom with its rank growth of unyielding red tape and formalism begin to spread, choking, and strangling the free, personal life of the individual.1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

Synonyms: syndetic
Derived terms: connective tissue, connectivism, connectivist, connectivity, fibroconnective, hyperconnective, hypoconnective, interconnective, logical connective, nonconnective, sentence connective, teleconnective

connective

noun

Etymology For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.

That which connects.

Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.

Condition iii) ensures that the truth-rules for the sentential connectives and quantifiers are satisfied within one and the same valuation νₛ.2008 October 8, Holger Andreas, “Another Solution to the Problem of Theoretical Terms”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI:

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.

Anatomy, Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences, Zoology A connective tissue.

Synonyms: connexive, connective
Derived terms: connectively, connectiveness, sentential connective