syntactic
adjective
syn·tac·tic
sin-ˈtak-tik 
variants
or syntactical
: of, relating to, or according to the rules of syntax or syntactics
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On top of that sequence, there's a structure, a syntactic tree that includes noun phrases and verb phrases.
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IEEE Spectrum, 14 Oct. 2021
After hundreds of trial and error steps, just like with biological evolution, the system evolves the best meaning and their syntactic/grammatical translation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2016
Most of their bulk comes from blocks of syntactic foam—a buoyant, crush-resistant material made of glass microspheres in epoxy resin—that are padded around the frame.
—Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
Additionally, simply by filling in enough puzzles, our brains can learn that multi-word crossword answers must form what linguists call a syntactic constituent—a group of words that functions together as a complete unit, the way safe and reliable does but safe and doesn’t.
—Scott Anderbois, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 14 Oct. 2021
After hundreds of trial and error steps, just like with biological evolution, the system evolves the best meaning and their syntactic/grammatical translation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2016
Most of their bulk comes from blocks of syntactic foam—a buoyant, crush-resistant material made of glass microspheres in epoxy resin—that are padded around the frame.
—Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
Additionally, simply by filling in enough puzzles, our brains can learn that multi-word crossword answers must form what linguists call a syntactic constituent—a group of words that functions together as a complete unit, the way safe and reliable does but safe and doesn’t.
—Scott Anderbois, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2023
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“Syntactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syntactic. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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syntactic
adjective
syn·tac·tic
sin-ˈtak-tik
variants
or syntactical
: of, relating to, or according to the rules of syntax
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syntactic
adjective
syn·tac·tic
sin-ˈtak-tik
variants
or syntactical
: of or relating to syntactics
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