lectical

lectic +‎ -al, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “saying, speech; phrase, word”) + Latin -ālis (“suffix used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals”).

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛktɪk(ə)l/
• Hyphenation: lec‧tic‧al

lectical (comparative more lectical, superlative most lectical)

1. Of or relating to speech, words, or learning.
   • 1966, Curt John Ducasse, The Philosophy of Art, page 119:

     Of the two species of endotelic art other than aesthetic, viz., lectical and heuretic art, only enough need be said here to sharpen by contrast the conception of aesthetic art already formulated.

   • 2010, Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Integral Theory in Action: Applied, Theoretical, and Constructive Perspectives on the Aqal Model, Suny Press, page 187

     With this brief overview of the approach we take to developmental research, assessment, and application, it should be somewhat clear what we plan to do in the domain of ITP through the development of a new assessment: Lectical Integral model Assessment (LIMA).

   • 2013, Richard Gaskin, Language, Truth, and Literature: A Defence of Literary Humanism, Oxford University Press, page 242

     Presumably he is here alluding to the Stoic idea that the meaning of a concept-word can be split into a lectical and a real component. The lectical component is something conceptual.

2. (mathematics) Synonym of lectic.
   • 1997, Dickson Lukose, Conceptual Structures: Fulfilling Peirce's Dream, →ISBN:

     The lectical order on ^3(A/) is defined by A' < V : <=> 3i : X <,- Y .

   • 2008, Tsau Young Lin, Ying Xie, Anita Wasilewska, Data Mining: Foundations and Practice, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, page 40

     The lectical smallest closed subspace larger than a given subspace S ⊂ A and having weighted density larger than δ is S⊕ ai, where ai is the lexicographically largest attribute which satisfies dense (S⊕ ai)>δ and S ≪i S ⊕ ai.

   • 2013, Hans-Hermann Bock, Wolfgang Polasek, Data Analysis and Information Systems, →ISBN:

     Next we introduce the lectical order on the set of subsets of M.

• (relating to speech or words): lectic, logological, vocabular, wordish
• (mathematics): lectic