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Syntagma
Noun
Definitions
1.
Noun
A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.
"The syntagma “the God of peace” (in Greek ὁ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης) occurs in all undisputed Pauline letters."
2.
Noun
An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning.
"To combine a sequence of shots into a larger syntagma, there has to be a connection between the successive shots."
3.
Noun
A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).
"The men forming the syntagma were arranged in a square of sixteen files of sixteen."
4.
Noun
An organized structural, functional unit of anatomical or chemical subunits.
5.
Noun
A treatise or compendium.
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