syntactics
noun
syn·tac·tics
sin-ˈtak-tiks 
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: a branch of semiotics that deals with the formal relations between signs or expressions in abstraction from their signification and their interpreters
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First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above
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“Syntactics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syntactics. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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Medical Definition
syntactics
noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction
syn·tac·tics
-tiks
: a branch of semiotic that deals with the formal relations between signs or expressions in abstraction from their signification and their interpreters
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