syntheme
(ˈsɪnθiːm)
[ad. late L. synthēma watchword, permit, a. Gr. σύνθηµα collection, connexion, watchword, token, f. συντιθέναι to put together, f. σύν syn-1 + τιθέναι (root θε-) to place.]
† 1. (See quot.) Obs. rare—0.
| 1658 Phillips, Syntheme, a watch-word; also an intricate sentence; also the same as Diploma. [1904 W. M. Ramsay in Expositor June 421 The Synthêma then was a symbol always with him which spoke direct to him; it was a pledge of success from the god who gave it, and thus filled him with god-given confidence.] |
2. Math. A system of groups of elements, each of the groups being formed of a certain number of elements, so that each occurs exactly a given number of times among all the groups.
| 1844 Sylvester Coll. Math. Papers (1904) I. 91 Let us agree to denote by the word syntheme any aggregate of combinations in which all the monads of a given system appear once and once only... Let us begin with considering the case of duad synthemes. 1879 ― in Amer. Jrnl. Math. II. 94. |