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View synonyms for disjoint

disjoint

[ dis-joint ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to separate or disconnect the joints or joinings of.
  2. to put out of order; derange.


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

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. maths (of two sets) having no members in common
  2. obsolete.
    disjointed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disjoint1

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

Baylor kept it off rhythm and disjointed for all 40 minutes.

Disjoint the bone at the other joint, and remove the skin and meat from the bone by turning them inside out, as in Fig. 41.

Disjoint the bone here and remove it up to this place, as Fig. 37 illustrates.

Military operations always tend to disjoint and break up, within their scope, all the relations of society.

Pull back leg and second joint in one piece with knife; disjoint, then cut off wing.

The beach of Fales would enthrall but sterilize me—I mean the social muse would disjoint the classic nose of the other.

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