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                                                      : a conditional proposition in logic                                      
                
                    
            
   
                   
             
                    
                        
        
        
        
                
                
                
        
                
     
    
                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                                                                        
    
    
    
                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                                                                        
    
    
                                            
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
          
    
    
            
                
                
                
        
                                                    
                            
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                                                      : closely connected : linked in meaning (as father-son, left-right)                                      
                
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                                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                          
                
                     
            
   
                   
                      
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                                                      : 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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