Associations to the word «Connective»
Noun
Wiktionary
CONNECTIVE, adjective. Serving or tending to connect; connecting
CONNECTIVE, noun. That which connects.
CONNECTIVE, noun. (logic) A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.
CONNECTIVE, noun. (grammar) A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.
CONNECTIVE, noun. (botany) The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.
CONNECTIVE, noun. (anatomy) (zoology) A connective tissue.
CONNECTIVE TISSUE, noun. (anatomy) A type of tissue found in animals whose main function is binding other tissue systems (such as muscle to skin) or organs and consists of the following three elements: cells, fibers and a ground substance (or extracellular matrix).
CONNECTIVE TISSUES, noun. Plural of connective tissue
Dictionary definition
CONNECTIVE, noun. An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences.
CONNECTIVE, noun. An instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers".
CONNECTIVE, adjective. Connecting or tending to connect; "connective remarks between chapters"; "connective tissue in animals"; "conjunctive tissue in plants".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.