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syndeticity

syndeticity noun: the use of syndeton, the state or quality of using a conjunction or equivalent conjunctive structure.

Noun

syndeticity (uncountable)

  1. The use of syndeton, the state or quality of using a conjunction or equivalent conjunctive structure.
  2. (library science) The use of crossreferences or the ability to be crossreferenced.
    • Values within affordances were ranked and assigned metric values. Standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients of .835, .515, and .298 for complexity, concreteness, and syndeticity.1994, Mary Esther Brown, Children's Naming of Subject Categories..., Drexel University, p. 79
  3. The condition of having bounded gaps between members.
    • For topological recurrence we need a different notion of largeness for subsets of S, namely that of syndeticity. A subset of E of N is said to be syndetic if it has bounded gaps. Equivalently, E C N is syndetic if N is the union of finitely many shifts.1988, Robert Ellis & al., ed., Topological Dynamics and Applications... American Mathematical Society, p. 211

Origin of syndeticity

From syndetic + -ity. Equivalent to syndeton + -icity.

Questions about syndeticity

What does syndeticity mean?
Syndeticity means the use of syndeton, the state or quality of using a conjunction or equivalent conjunctive structure.
What part of speech is syndeticity?
Syndeticity is a noun.

Words near syndeticity in the dictionary

  1. syndet
  2. syndeta
  3. syndetic
  4. syndetical
  5. syndetically
  6. syndeticity
  7. syndetome
  8. syndetomes
  9. syndeton
  10. syndetons
  11. syndets

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