disjoint

American  

[dis-joint] / dɪsˈdʒɔɪnt /

verb (used with object)

1. to separate or disconnect the joints or joinings of.

2. to put out of order; derange.

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verb (used without object)

1. to come apart.

2. to be dislocated; be out of joint.

adjective

1. Mathematics.

   1. (of two sets) having no common elements.

   2. (of a system of sets) having the property that every pair of sets is disjoint.

2. Obsolete. disjointed; out of joint.

disjoint British  

/ dɪsˈdʒɔɪnt /

verb

1. to take apart or come apart at the joints

2. (tr) to disunite or disjoin

3. to dislocate or become dislocated

4. (tr; usually passive) to end the unity, sequence, or coherence of

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adjective

1. maths (of two sets) having no members in common

2. obsolete disjointed

Etymology

Origin of disjoint

1400–50; late Middle English disjointen to destroy < Anglo-French, Old French desjoint, past participle of desjoindre to disjoin

Example Sentences

Disjoint events cannot happen at the same time.

From Textbooks • Sep. 23, 2020

Disjoint, and cut the meat into small pieces.

From Public School Domestic Science by Hoodless, Adelaide

Disjoint, cut the breast into four pieces, cut the thigh and leg apart.

From New Royal Cook Book by Anonymous

Disjoint, cut breast into four pieces, cut second joints and legs apart.

From The New Dr. Price Cookbook by Royal baking powder company, New York

Disjoint the bone at the other joint, and remove the skin and meat from the bone by turning them inside out, as in Fig.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences