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Meaning of disjunct in English
Pronunciation
/dɪsˈdʒəŋkt/
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Classifying Adjective
disjunct
Definitions
1.
having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
Synonyms
divided
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 »
Synonyms
separate
3.
used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations
Examples
« disjunct distribution of king crabs »
Synonyms
discontinuous
noncontinuous
Qualitative Adjective
disjunct
Etymology
late Middle English: from Latin disjunctus‘disjoined, separated’, from the verb disjungere
Definitions
1.
progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
Antonyms
conjunct