Meaning of disjunct in English
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Classifying Adjective
disjunctDefinitions
1. having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insectsSynonyms
- 2. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
Examples
- « little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara- Scientific Monthly »
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- 3. used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations
Examples
- « disjunct distribution of king crabs »
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Qualitative Adjective
disjunctEtymology
late Middle English: from Latin disjunctus‘disjoined, separated’, from the verb disjungereDefinitions
1. progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major secondAntonyms