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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences;
[syn: conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative]

2. an instrumentality that connects;
- Example: "he soldered the connection"
- Example: "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
[syn: connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. connecting or tending to connect;
- Example: "connective remarks between chapters"
- Example: "connective tissue in animals"
- Example: "conjunctive tissue in plants"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Connective \Con*nect"ive\, a. Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection. [1913 Webster] Connection tissue (Anat.) See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

connective adj 1: 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, connective, continuative] 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, connective]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

connective An operator used in first order logic to combine two logical formulas. (2014-05-04)