connexity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   in logic and order theory, the property of a relation whereby any two distinct relevant terms are related in one direction or the other

   Connexity ensures that any two different elements in the ordered field can be compared.

2. 2
   noun

   the state or quality of being connected

   The argument depends on the connexity of its historical and philosophical claims.

Borrowed from Middle French connexite, based on Latin connexus ("joined, connected"), the past participle of connectere ("to bind together"). Older logical writing uses connexity for the comparability condition now also called connectedness or totality.

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