plural -es
Definition of connex
(Entry 1 of 3)
connex
verb
con·nex
| \ kəˈneks \
-ed/-ing/-es
Definition of connex (Entry 2 of 3)
: connect
connex
adjective
\ ˈkä(ˌ)neks, -niks \
Definition of connex (Entry 3 of 3)
1
: connected: such as
a
: closely connected : linked in meaning (as father-son, left-right)
—opposed to disparate
b
of a dyadic relation
: connecting every two distinct members of its field
in the field of positive integers, the relation less than or equal to is connex for either a ≤ b or b ≤ a
2
: belonging to or constituting one syntactical unit
in the dog barked, the complete sentence or either or both of its constituents are connex
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