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syntagma.

A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɪnˈtæɡmə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. 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. 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. 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. An organized structural, functional unit of anatomical or chemical subunits.

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  5. A treatise or compendium.

Where this word comes from

From Late Latin syntagma, from Ancient Greek σύνταγμα (súntagma, “orderly arrangement”), from συντάσσω (suntássō, “arrange together”, “to order”).

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