Syntactic (adjective)

Relating to the rules governing the way words are combined to form phrases and sentences in a language or programming language.

Origin:

Derived from greek sun- meaning 'together' and táxis meaning 'an arranging, order.'.

Examples:

1. The syntactic structure of the sentence was correct, but the meaning was unclear.
2. The syntactic analysis of the code revealed several errors, preventing the program from running properly.
3. Syntactic constraints play an important role in the design of programming languages.
4. The syntactic differences between the two languages made translation a challenge.
5. Syntactic studies have helped linguists understand the mechanisms of language production and processing.