syndetic

Adjective

syndetic (not comparable)

1. Of or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction.
   • Guns and butter is a syndetic phrase.
   • Asymmetry in pronominal sequencing is a recurrent feature of syndetic coordination, though with considerable variation in relation to literary genre.
2. 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

   Synonyms:

   connective, serving to connect

3. (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.

   Synonyms:

   crossreferenced

4. 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.