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Meaning of disjunct in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /dɪsˈdʒəŋkt/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    disjunct

    Definitions

    1. having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects

    Synonyms

    • divided
  2. 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. 3. used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations

    Examples

    • « disjunct distribution of king crabs »

    Synonyms

    • discontinuous
    • noncontinuous
  4. 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

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