syndetic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /sɪnˈdɛtɪk/
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”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction.
Asymmetry in pronominal sequencing is a recurrent feature of syndetic coordination, though with considerable variation in relation to literary genre.
Guns and butter is a syndetic phrase.
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(not-comparable) Synonym of connective, serving to connect.
With the syndetic juxtaposition of distinct members, the article is not often repeated.
1874, Clair James Grece translating Eduard Adolf F. Maetzner as An English Grammar
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(not-comparable, qualifier:library science) Synonym of crossreferenced.
Syndetic, applied to an alphabetical subject catalogue or dictionary catalogue which includes cross-references as connecting links between subjects.
1958, Thomas Landau, Encyclopaedia of Librarianship, page 299:The dictionary includes syndetic references.
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(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.
Antonyms
asyndetic (antonym(s) of “grammar & library science”)
Coordinates
thick (math)
Deriveds
syndeticity · syndetical · syndetically · thickly syndetic · piecewise syndetic · aposyndetic
Relateds
polysyndetic · syndeton · asyndetic · syndesis · syndical