syndeticadj.
/sɪnˈdɛtɪk/, U.S. /sɪnˈdɛdɪk/ 1. Serving to unite or connect; connective, copulative.The form synderique in quot. 1621 is due to the French original (nerfs synderiques, which is copied by Cotgrave).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adjective] > connecting
associating1646
connective1656
copulant1658
connexive1776
annectent1821
annectant1825
syndetic1891
syndetical1891
1621 T. Lodge tr. S. Goulart Learned Summary Poeme of Saluste of Bartas i. 280 The Tendons..which the Physicions (after Hippocrates) haue called Synderique [read Syndetique] Nerues.
1891 Cent. Dict. Syndetic.
2. Librarianship. Relating to or designating a catalogue, index, etc., which uses cross-references to indicate links between entries. Also used in automatic data-processing.
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society > communication > book > book list > [adjective] > types of catalogue or entry
syndetic1876
cumulated1905
1876 C. A. Cutter Rules Dict. Catal. in Public Libraries U.S.A.: Special Rep.: Pt. II (Dept. Interior, Bureau Educ.) 15 Syndetic, connective, applied to that kind of dictionary catalogue which binds its entries together by means of cross-references so as to form a whole.
1958 T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship 299/2 Syndetic, applied to an alphabetical subject catalogue or dictionary catalogue which includes cross-references as connecting links between subjects.
1958 T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship 299/2 Systematic catalogues have no need of such a syndetic apparatus.
1968 T. C. Hines Vocab. Control in indexing Lit. of Librarianship & Information Sci. (ERIC doc. No. ED050742) 16 Perhaps because of the concurrent use of shelf classification, library heading lists (although they include a syndetic apparatus which serves some of the same purposes) do not include the kind of classification of the headings themselves found in some thesauri expressed as ‘broader terms’.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia X. 869/1 Provision is made for cross-references from unused terms and from one term to a related one. A catalog containing these entries is known as a syndetic catalog.
1977 A. P. Jensen et al. (title) An instructional and research laboratory for syndetic analog-digital computation in science and engineering education.
1981 Resources in Educ. Oct. 138/2 This module describes the main subject heading, LC classification numbers which accompany the headings, ‘see’ references, ‘see also’ references, subheadings, and other syndetic features of the LC headings.
Derivatives
synˈdetical adj.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adjective] > connecting
associating1646
connective1656
copulant1658
connexive1776
annectent1821
annectant1825
syndetic1891
syndetical1891
1891 Cent. Dict. Syndetical.
synˈdetically adv.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adverb] > in a connective manner
copulatively1627
connectively1778
syndetically1895
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Syndetically.
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