syndetic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/sɪnˈdɛtɪk/

Definition of syndetic

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction.
    “Guns and butter is a syndetic phrase.”
    “Asymmetry in pronominal sequencing is a recurrent feature of syndetic coordination, though with considerable variation in relation to literary genre.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction.
    “Guns and butter is a syndetic phrase.”
    “Asymmetry in pronominal sequencing is a recurrent feature of syndetic coordination, though with considerable variation in relation to literary genre.”
  2. (not-comparable)Synonym of connective, serving to connect.
    “With the syndetic juxtaposition of distinct members, the article is not often repeated.”
  3. (not-comparable)Synonym of crossreferenced.
    “Syndetic, applied to an alphabetical subject catalogue or dictionary catalogue which includes cross-references as connecting links between subjects.”
    “The dictionary includes syndetic references.”
  4. (not-comparable)Having bounded gaps between its terms.
    “The gap between successive members of a syndetic set may vary but is always less than some specific value: i.e., there is an integer n such that {x,x+1,x+2,⋯,x+n}∩S≠∅ for any x∈N.”

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Etymology

From Latin syndeticus, from Ancient Greek συνδετικός (sundetikós), from σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding”) + -κός (-kós, “-ic: forming adjectives”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”).

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