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plural -es
Definition of connex
(Entry 1 of 3)
connex
verbcon·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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