I. connex noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle French connexe connected property, from connexe, adjective, connected, related, from Latin connexus, past participle of connectere — more at connect
1. obsolete
a. : bond , tie
b. : a connected incident or property
2. obsolete : a conditional proposition in logic
II. con·nex kəˈneks verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
Etymology: Middle French connexer, from connexe connected
: connect
III. connex ˈkä(ˌ)neks, -_niks adjective
Etymology: Latin connexus
1. : connected: as
a. : closely connected : linked in meaning (as father-son, left-right ) — opposed to disparate
b. of a dyadic relation : connecting every two distinct members of its field
in the field of positive integers, the relation less than or equal to is connex for either a ≤ b or b ≤ a
2. : belonging to or constituting one syntactical unit
in the dog barked, the complete sentence or either or both of its constituents are connex