disjoint

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Not smooth or continuous

   Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.

   • Azure, a chevron disjoint or broken in the head or - BROKMALE. Per fesse gules and sable , a chevron rompu counterchanged - ALLEN, Sheriff of London
2. 2

   Of two or more sets, having no members in common

   Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.

3. 3

   To render disjoint

   To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.

   • Near-synonyms: unjoin; disassemble, take apart
   • to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint poultry by carving
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   1. 4

      To break the natural order and relations of

      To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.

      • a disjointed speech
   2. 5

      To fall into pieces.

The neighborhood

• antonymnon-disjoint
• antonymoverlapping
• neighbordisjunct
• neighborconjoint
• neighborunjointed
• neighbordisjoin