syntagmatic

adj.
Of or relating to the relationship between linguistic units in a construction or sequence, as between the (n) and adjacent sounds in not, ant, and ton. The identity of a linguistic unit within a language is described by a combination of its syntagmatic and its paradigmatic relations.

[French syntagmatique, from Greek suntagmatikos, arranged, put in order, from suntagma, suntagmat-, arrangement, syntactic unit. See syntagma.]

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: related as members of a syntagma
  Antonym: paradigmatic (meaning #3)
  Pertains to noun: syntagma (meaning #1)

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