connective
adjective
[ kəˈnɛktɪv ]
• connecting.
• "connective words and phrases"
connective
noun
• a word or phrase whose function is to link other linguistic units.
• "she would be more likely to use a temporal connective such as before, after, or then than to use a causal connective"
• a bundle of nerve fibres connecting two nerve centres or ganglia, especially in invertebrate animals.
