connext

t. [L. connexus, conexus, pp. of con nectere, conectere, join together: see connect.] To link together; join; connect. All with that general harmony so connexed and disposed as no one little part can be mi ing to the illustration of the whole. B. Jonson, King James's Coronation Entertainment. connex (kon'eks), n . [ connexus , pp.: see the verb.] In geom ., any mixed form consisting partly of points and partly of lines, or of other diverse elements; specifically, a three dimensional system of elements each consisting of a line and a point in a fixed plane, or a four-dimensional system of elements each consisting of a plane and a point in space. The order of a connex is the degree of its equation in pointcoördinates; its cla is the degree of its equation in tan gential coordinates (or the cla of the enveloping curve or surface when the point is fixed).