syndetic

Meanings

adjectivesyndetic (not comparable)

not comparablegrammarOf or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction.
Guns and butter is a syndetic phrase.
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Asymmetry in pronominal sequencing is a recurrent feature of syndetic coordination, though with considerable variation in relation to literary genre.
not comparablegrammarSynonym 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
Synonyms: connective, serving to connect
not comparablelibrary scienceSynonym of crossreferenced.
The dictionary includes syndetic references.
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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
Synonyms: crossreferenced
not comparablemathematicsHaving 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.

adjectiveSynonym of connective, serving to connect.

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connectiveserving to connect

adjectiveSynonym of crossreferenced.

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antonym(s) of “grammar & library science”

Opposite

adjectiveconnected by a conjunction

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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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