syntactic
[ sin-tak-tik ]
/ sɪnˈtæk tɪk /
adjective
of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
consisting of or noting morphemes that are combined in the same order as they would be if they were separate words in a corresponding construction: The word blackberry, which consists of an adjective followed by a noun, is a syntactic compound.
Also
syn·tac·ti·cal.
Origin of syntactic
OTHER WORDS FROM syntactic
Words nearby syntactic
synovium,
synpolydactyly,
synroc,
synsacrum,
synsepalous,
syntactic,
syntactic construction,
syntactics,
syntagma,
syntagmatic,
syntality
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British Dictionary definitions for syntactic
syntactic
/ (sɪnˈtæktɪk) /
adjective
Also: synˈtactical
relating to or determined by syntax
logic linguistics
describable wholly with respect to the grammatical structure of an expression or the rules of well-formedness of a formal system