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Definition: Connective |
ConnectiveAdjective1. Connecting or tending to connect; "connective remarks between chapters"; "connective tissue in animals"; "conjunctive tissue in plants". Noun1. An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences. 2. An instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "connective" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
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Computing | Connective An operator used in logic to combine two logical formulas. See first order logic. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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Synonyms: ConnectiveSynonyms: conjunction (n), conjunctive (n), connecter (n), connection (n), connector (n), connexion (n). (additional references) |
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Connection | Noun: vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus. |
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 | Line drawing showing the lining of the GI tract: colorectal (muscularis). The walls of the digestive tract have four layers of tissue: mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa and serosa. The inner-most layer is the mucosa, a membrane that forms a continuous lining of the GI tract from the mouth to the anus. In the large bowel, this tissue contains cells that produce mucus to lubricate and protect the smooth inner surface of the bowel wall. Connective tissue and muscle separate the muscosa from the second layer, the submucosa, which contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves and mucus-producing glands. Next to the submucosa is the muscularis externa, consisting of two layers of muscle fibers-one that runs lengthwise and one that encircles the bowel. The fourth layer, the serosa, is a thin membrane that produces fluid to lubricate the outer surface of the bowel so that it can slide against adjacent organs. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Shown are cancer cells in culture from human connective tissue, illuminated by darkfield amplified contrast, at a magnification of 500x. These cells can be compared to normal cells in AV-8711-3168. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox (photographer). |
 | Shown is normal cells of human connective tissue in culture. At a magnification of 500x, the cells were illuminated by darkfield amplified contrast technique. This slide compares to the cancerous cells in AV-8711-3170. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox (photographer). |  | This is a histological slide of cancerous breast tissue. The pink "riverways" are normal connective tissue, and the blue is cancer cells. Stained with H&E and magnified to 200x. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox (photographer). |
 | This patient's congenital syphilitic disease resulted in the onset of interstitial keratitis, an inflammation of the connective tissue structure of the cornea. Syphilis is the most common cause for this condition. Credit: CDC. |  | The chorionic villi are enlarged, and contain dense laminated connective tissue, and the capillaries distributed throughout the villi are compressed by this connective tissue proliferation; H&E stain; magnification 450X. Credit: CDC. |
 | Connective tissue. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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Health | The mechanisms for the altered connective tissue responses are not understood. (references) | |
In Marfan syndrome, the connective tissue is defective and does not act as it should. (references) | ||
If not treated, the bones, gums, and connective tissue that support the teeth are destroyed. (references) | ||
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| "Connective" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 84.44% of the time. "Connective" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 84.44% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (singular) | 15.56% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "connective": connective tissue ♦ Connective Tissue Cells ♦ Connective Tissue Diseases ♦ Connective Tissue Therapy ♦ Mixed Connective Tissue Disease ♦ sentential connective ♦ Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "connective"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lidhëz (conjunction, connecter), lidhës (binding, conjunctive, connection, connexion, solder, syndetic, tier), bashkues (coupler, coupling, pin, solder, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حرف عطف (conjunction, conjunctive), ضام (constringent), رابط (attachment, camp, conjunctive, copula, copulative, couple, give voice to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съюз (alliance, conjunction, federation, guild, hookup, league, line up, union), съединителен (conjunctive, syndetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 连通性 (connectivity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | spojovací (connecting, syndetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | colobom med brodannelse (coloboma with connective tissue), cellulært bindevæv (cellular connective tissue), bindevævsmassage (massage of the connective tissue), embryonalt bindevæv (embryonal connective tissue, gelatinous connective tissue), elastisk bindevæv (elastic connective tissue), bindevævszoner (connective tissue zones), bindevævstumor (neoplasm of connective tissue, tumour of connective tissue), aktivt bindevæv (active connective tissue), bindevævs-mastcelle (connective-tissue mastocyte), fibrocyt (connective-tissue cell, fibrocyte), bindevævshinde (connective tissue sheath), bindevævsfibriller (connective-tissue fibrils), bindevævsfibre (connective tissue fibres), bindevævscyklus (connective tissue consumption, connective tissue regeneration), bindevævscelle (connective-tissue cell), bindevæv (connective tissue), bindesubstans (connective substance), bindevævssygdom (collagen disease, connective-tissue disease), mesenkym (embryonal connective tissue), systemisk bindevævssygdom (collagen disease, connective-tissue disease), svaghed af bindevæv (diathesis of connective tissue), subperitonealt bindevæv (subperitoneal connective tissue), stramt bindevæv (dense connective tissue, fibrous connective tissue, tense connective tissue), støttevæv (connective substance), saccus dentalis (dental sac, from which the periodontal membrane and the cementum are formed, the connective tissue which surrounds the developping dental germ, tooth sac), retroperitonealt bindevæv (retroperitoneal connective tissue), fibrøst bindevæv (dense connective tissue, fibrillary connective tissue, fibrous connective tissue, filamentous connective tissue, tense connective tissue), mucøst bindevæv (gelatinous connective tissue), fibroblast (connective-tissue cell, desmocyte, fibroblast), mesenchymal tumor (neoplasm of connective tissue, tumour of connective tissue), løst bindevæv (loose connective tissue), konnektiv (sentential connective), kollagenose (collagen disease, connective-tissue disease), kollagen sygdom (collagen disease, connective-tissue disease), hyalint bindevæv (hyaline connective tissue), tandsæk (dental sac, from which the periodontal membrane and the cementum are formed, the connective tissue which surrounds the developping dental germ, tooth sac), reticulært bindevæv (reticular connective tissue, retiform connective tissue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cellulair bindweefsel (cellular connective tissue), collageenziekten (collagen disease, connective-tissue disease), fibroma (neoplasm of connective tissue, tumour of connective tissue), bindweefsel (connective tissue), bindweefselcellen (connective-tissue cell), bindweefselfibrillen (connective-tissue fibrils), bindweefselgezwel (neoplasm of connective tissue, tumour of connective tissue, uterine fibroma), bindweefselvezels (connective tissue fibres), brugcoloboma (coloboma with connective tissue), diathese van het bindweefsel (diathesis of connective tissue), embryonaal bindweefsel (embryonal connective tissue), fibreus bindweefsel (fibrillary connective tissue, filamentous connective tissue), fibroblasten (connective-tissue cell), actief bindweefsel (active connective tissue), fibro-elastisch weefsel (elastic connective tissue), voegwoord (sentential connective), fibroom (fibroid, neoplasm of connective tissue, tumour of connective tissue, uterine fibroid, uterine fibroma, uterus fibroid), hyaline bindweefsel (hyaline connective tissue), kraakbeenachtig bindweefsel (hyaline connective tissue), massage van het bindweefsel (massage of the connective tissue), mesenchym (embryonal connective tissue), mesenchyma (embryonal connective tissue), mukeus bindweefsel (gelatinous connective tissue), reticulair bindweefsel (reticular connective tissue, retiform connective tissue), reticulum (reticular connective tissue, retiform connective tissue, tegmentum, tubeshield), retroperitoneaal bindweefsel (retroperitoneal connective tissue), steunweefsel (connective substance), subperitoneaal bindweefsel (subperitoneal connective tissue), fibrocyten (connective-tissue cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | varsinainen sidekudos (proper connective tissue), systeeminen sidekudostauti (collagen disease, connective-tissue disease), systeeminen sidekudossairaus (collagen disease, connective-tissue disease), sidesana (conjunction), sidekudossairaus (collagen disease, connective-tissue disease), sidekudos (connective tissue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | conjonction (conjunction), conjonctif (conjunctive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verbindende. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνδετικόσ (conjunctive, connecting, copular, copulative, ligamentous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csatló (check), összekötõ (conjunctive, messenger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | connettivo (connective tissue), congiunzione (conjunction, connection, connexion, junction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 結 組" (connective tissue), 結合組" (connective tissue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | けつ"うそしき (connective tissue), けっていそしき (connective tissue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 속 (hookup). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kiangltagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onnectivecay conetivo, conectivo (sentential connective), membrana (bridle, diaphragm, film, membrane, tunic). (various references) care uneşte, care leagã (binding). (various references) соединительное слово, соединительная связь, соединительная частица. (various references) veznik (conjunction, copula), vezivni (binding). (various references) conectivo (liaison). (various references) bindande (binding, cogent, conclusive, hard and fast, stringent). (various references) birleştirici, bağlayıcı (binding, connecting, linking, restrictive, stringent, subordinative conjuction), bağlaç (conjunction, copulative, paper clip). (various references) сполучний (binding, compatible, connecting, osculant), з'"днувальний (conjunctive, connecting). (various references) giới từ, để nối. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "connective": connectively, connectives. (additional references) | |
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"Connective" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: condective, connecti, consective. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "connective" (pronounced kune"ktiv) |
| 5 | -e" k t i v | affective, collective, corrective, defective, detective, directive, effective, elective, ineffective, infective, introspective, invective, irrespective, objective, perspective, projective, prospective, protective, reflective, respective, retrospective, selective, subjective. |
| 4 | -k t i v | active, addictive, adjective, attractive, conductive, constructive, counterproductive, destructive, distinctive, hyperactive, inactive, injunctive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, nonproductive, obstructive, octave, overactive, photoconductive, predictive, proactive, productive, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, refractive, reproductive, restrictive, retroactive, seductive, superconductive, unattractive, unproductive, vindictive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, adaptive, additive, administrative, adoptive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, congestive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corruptive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distributive, duplicative, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inattentive, incentive, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, inventive, investigative, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, plaintive, positive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, probative, prognosticative, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, receptive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restive, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, substantive, suggestive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vituperative. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-n-o-t-v" | |
-2 letters: coinvent, conceive, convince, evection, neotenic. | |
-3 letters: conceit, concent, connect, connive, convect, convene, convent, convict. | |
-4 letters: cenote, conine, entice, evince, intone, invent, nocent, noetic, notice, novice, venine. | |
-5 letters: cento, civet, conic, conin, conte, coven, covet, covin, envoi, event, evict, evite, niece, nieve, niton, nonce, nonet, ontic, ovine, tenon, tonic, tonne, venin, voice. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-n-o-t-v" | |
+1 letter: connectives, conventicle. | |
+2 letters: connectively, conventicler, conventicles. | |
+3 letters: concentrative, conventiclers, inconsecutive. | |
+4 letters: connectivities, nonconsecutive. | |
+5 letters: consecutiveness, counterevidence, counterviolence. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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