"connectives" in the noun sense
1. conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
2. connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
an instrumentality that connects
"he soldered the connection"
"he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
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