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syndetic

/sɪnˈdɛtɪk/

Rhymes with -ɛtɪk

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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”).

adjective

not comparable Of or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction. Guns and butter is a syndetic phrase.
not comparable Synonym of connective, serving to connect. With the syndetic juxtaposition of distinct members, the article is not often repeated.
Similar: connective, serving to connect
not comparable Synonym of crossreferenced. Syndetic, applied to an alphabetical subject catalogue or dictionary catalogue which includes cross-references as connecting links between subjects.
Similar: crossreferenced
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.

Opposite: asyndetic

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Opposite: asyndetic

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@misc{syndetic_2026,
  title = {syndetic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/syndetic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}