disjunct

[ adjective dis-juhngkt; noun dis-juhngkt ]

adjective

1. disjoined; disjoined; separated.
2. Music. progressing melodically by intervals larger than a second.
3. Entomology. having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by deep constrictions; disjoined; disjoined; disjointed.

noun

1. sentence adverb.

disjunct

adjective

1. not united or joined
2. (of certain insects) having deep constrictions between the head, thorax, and abdomen
3. music denoting two notes the interval between which is greater than a second

noun

1. logic one of the propositions or formulas in a disjunction

Word History and Origins

Origin of disjunct¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin disjunctus separated, past participle of disjungere to disjoin; junction

Example Sentences

The difference is that they are conjunct, whereas in the primitive standard octave (e—e) the tetrachords are disjunct (e-a b-e).

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Thus the complete scale may have consisted of the disjunct tetrachords a-d and e-a, with the tone g-a.

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To say that he dropped like a shot bird is to say wrong; for a bird drops compact, but Gilles went down disjunct.

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Lacking evidence of genetic exchange, I prefer to retain disjunct populations that are distinctive as species.

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The specimens of the disjunct population of pallidus on the Tres Marias do not differ from the mainland population in Nayarit.

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