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DEFINITIONS OF: connective

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adj connecting or tending to connect

“connective remarks between chapters”
“connective tissue in animals”
Synonyms
conjunctive
serving or tending to connect

n an instrumentality that connects

Synonyms:
connecter, connection, connector, connexion
Types:
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attachment, bond
a connection that fastens things together
backbone
the part of a network that connects other networks together
earth, ground
a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
hitch
a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
hookup
a device providing a connection between a power source and a user
jumper
a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections
conjunction, junction
something that joins or connects
slip ring
connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts
line, phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit, telephone line
a telephone connection
patch, temporary hookup
a connection intended to be used for a limited time
coupling, yoke
a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
contact, tangency
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
DSL, digital subscriber line
a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
hot line
a direct telephone line between two officials
joint
junction by which parts or objects are joined together
booster cable, jumper cable, jumper lead, lead
a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
barrier strip, junction barrier
a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs
land line, landline
a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits
ligament
any connection or unifying bond
party line
a telephone line serving two or more subscribers
private line
a telephone line serving a single subscriber
splice, splicing
a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together
thermojunction
a junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears
toll line
a telephone line for long-distance calls
trunk line
a telephone line connecting two exchanges directly
WATS, WATS line
a telephone line;long distance service at fixed rates for fixed zones; an acronym for wide area telephone service
Type of:
instrumentality, instrumentation
an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end

n an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

Synonyms:
conjunction, conjunctive, continuative
Types:
coordinating conjunction
a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents
subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunction
a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause
Type of:
closed-class word, function word
a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
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