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disjunct

adj
/dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/UK

Etymology

From dis- + Latin junctus (“joined”).

  1. derived from junctus — “joined”

Definitions

  1. Separate

    Separate; discontinuous; not connected.

  2. Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.

  3. The state of being disjointed

    The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.

    • Knowing for ourselves that a large disjunct existed between what could be read at NIE and what could be heard, we set about devising a way to measure what we were familiar with hearing.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from…

      A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from other members of the same group.

      • […] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]

    2. One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another…

      One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).

      • Holonym: disjunction

    3. Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the…

      Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.

    4. A conjunct of a disjunctive conjunction.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA