Syntax

1.

Linguistics .

a.

the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.

b.

the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words.

c.

the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax.

d.

a presentation of these: a syntax of English.

e.

an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.

2.

Logic .

a.

that branch of modern logic that studies the various kinds of signs that occur in a system and the possible arrangements of those signs, complete abstraction being made of the meaning of the signs.

b.

the outcome of such a study when directed upon a specified language.

3.

a system or orderly arrangement.

4.

Computers . the grammatical rules and structural patterns governing the ordered use of appropriate words and symbols for issuing commands, writing code, etc., in a particular software application or programming language.

 

1.	the branch of linguistics that deals with the grammatical arrangement of words and morphemes in the sentences of a language or of languages in general
2.	the totality of facts about the grammatical arrangement of words in a language
3.	a systematic statement of the rules governing the grammatical arrangement of words and morphemes in a language
4.	logic  a systematic statement of the rules governing the properly formed formulas of a logical system
5.	any orderly arrangement or system
[C17: from Late Latin syntaxis,  from Greek suntaxis,  from suntassein  to put in order, from syn-  + tassein  to arrange]

 

 

syntax definition

language
 The structure of valid strings in a given language, as described by a grammar. For example, the syntax of a binary number could be expressed as
binary_number = bit [ binary_number ]
bit = "0" | "1"
meaning that a binary number is a bit optionally followed by a binary number and a bit is a literal zero or one digit.
The meaning of the language is given by its semantics.
See also abstract syntax, concrete syntax.