correlative
[ kuh-rel-uh-tiv ]
/ kəˈrɛl ə tɪv /
adjective
so related that each implies or complements the other.
being in correlation; mutually related.
Grammar.
answering to or complementing one another and regularly used in association, as either and or, not only and but.
Biology.
(of a typical structure of an organism) found in correlation with another.
noun
either of two things, as two terms, that are correlative.
Grammar.
a correlative expression.
Also
especially British,
co·rel·a·tive.
Origin of correlative
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British Dictionary definitions for correlative
correlative
/ (kɒˈrɛlətɪv) /
adjective
in mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship; corresponding
denoting words, usually conjunctions, occurring together though not adjacently in certain grammatical constructions, as for example neither and nor in such sentences as he neither ate nor drank
noun
either of two things that are correlative
a correlative word