syndeticity

English

Etymology

From syndetic +‎ -ity. Equivalent to syndeton +‎ -icity.

Noun

syndeticity (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being syndetic, particularly
   1. (grammar) The use of syndeton, the state or quality of using a conjunction or equivalent conjunctive structure.
   2. (library science) The use of crossreferences or the ability to be crossreferenced.
      • 1994, Mary Esther Brown, Children's Naming of Subject Categories..., Drexel University, p. 79:

        Values within affordances were ranked and assigned metric values. Standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients of .835, .515, and .298 for complexity, concreteness, and syndeticity.

   3. (mathematics) The condition of having bounded gaps between members.
      • 1988, Robert Ellis & al., ed., Topological Dynamics and Applications... American Mathematical Society, p. 211:

        For topological recurrence we need a different notion of largeness for subsets of S, namely that of syndeticity. A subset of E of N is said to be syndetic if it has bounded gaps. Equivalently, E C N is syndetic if N is the union of finitely many shifts.

Coordinate terms

• (math): thickness, piecewise syndeticity