Definition of syntagmata:
(n) :
(linguistics) A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.
(n) :
(semiotics) An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning.
(n) :
(biology) An organized structural, functional unit of anatomical or chemical subunits: equivalent to "tagma", or a structure comprising several tagmata in various contexts.
(n) :
(history) A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).