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syntax

1. Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism. They owe no other dependence to the first than what is common to the whole syntax of beings. (Glanvill)

2. That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.

Origin: L. Syntaxis, Gr, fr. To put together in order; with _ to put in order; cf. F. Syntaxe. See Syn-, and Tactics.


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Forum: Ecology
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Can any one clarify my question with DNA

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by canalon
Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:25 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Can any one clarify my question with DNA
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Fiber Disease Thread

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by canalon
Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:53 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Fiber Disease Thread
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Learning.

... y 5.4.1. (Formalization of arithmetic, Godel's theorems) Peano's axioms. Section 6.1. Representable functions. Section 6.2. Arithmetization of syntax. Godel numbering. Section 6.3. Godel's first incompleteness theorem. Section 6.4. Godel's second incompletenesss theorem. Section 6.5. Set theory. ...

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by GegnianMD
Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:25 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Mathematical Medicine.
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by Cilla
Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:34 am
 
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