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disjointed |
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disjointedness |
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disjunction
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disjunction
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun disjunction has 2 senses
- disjunction(n = noun.state) disconnectedness, disconnection, disjuncture - state of being disconnected; Array is a kind of separation
- disjunction(n = noun.act) disconnection - the act of breaking a connection; Array is a kind of separation
has particulars: separability, incoherence, incoherency
Derived form verb disjoin2
Derived form verb disjoin1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
disjunction, n.
1 the process of disjoining; separation.
2 an instance of this.
1 the process of disjoining; separation.
2 an instance of this.
Etymology
ME f. OF disjunction or L disjunctio (as DISJOIN)
THESAURUS
disjunction
ablation, abstraction, accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, alienation, alliance, aloofness, alteration, analysis, anarchy, anatomization, approximation, assemblage, association, atomization, bond, breakup, broken thread, brokenness, change, chaos, clearance, closeness, combination, confusion, connectedness, connection, contiguity, contrariety, corrosion, crumbling, dealings, decay, decomposition, deduction, degradation, demarcation, deportation, derangement, desynonymization, detachment, differencing, differentiation, diffusion, dilapidation, disarrangement, disarray, disarticulation, disassociation, discard, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertedness, disconnectedness, disconnection, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, discontinuousness, discreteness, discrimination, disengagement, disequalization, disharmony, dishevelment, disintegration, disjointing, disjuncture, dislocation, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, dispersal, dispersion, disposal, disposition, disproportion, disruption, dissociation, dissolution, distinction, distinguishment, disturbance, disunion, diversification, division, divorce, divorcement, ejection, elimination, entropy, episode, eradication, erosion, exile, expatriation, expulsion, filiation, fitfulness, haphazardness, homology, immateriality, impertinence, inapplicability, inappositeness, incoherence, incompleteness, inconnection, inconsequence, inconsistency, independence, indiscriminateness, individualization, individuation, inharmonious harmony, intercourse, intermittence, intimacy, irregularity, irrelation, irrelevance, isolation, junction, liaison, link, linkage, linking, liquidation, luxation, modification, most admired disorder, mutual attraction, nearness, non sequitur, nonadhesion, noncohesion, noncontinuance, nonlinearity, nonseriality, nonsymmetry, nonuniformity, ostracism, outlawing, outlawry, parenthesis, particularization, parting, partition, personalization, perturbation, promiscuity, promiscuousness, propinquity, proximity, purge, randomness, rapport, ravages of time, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, removal, resolution, riddance, scattering, segmentation, segregation, separateness, separation, separatism, severalization, severance, similarity, specialization, subdivision, subtraction, suspension, sympathy, tie, tie-in, turbulence, unadherence, unadhesiveness, unconnectedness, union, unrelatedness, unsymmetry, untenacity, ununiformity, upset, variation, wear, wear and tear, withdrawal, zoningROGET THESAURUS
disjunction
Disjunction
N disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement, discontinuity, abjunction, cataclasm, inconnection, abstraction, abstractedness, isolation, insularity, insulation, oasis, island, separateness, severalty, disjecta membra, dispersion, apportionment, separation, parting, circumcision, detachment, segregation, divorce, sejunction, seposition, diduction, diremption, discerption, elision, caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture, compartition, dismemberment, dislocation, luxation, severance, disseverance, scission, rescission, abscission, laceration, dilaceration, disruption, abruption, avulsion, divulsion, section, resection, cleavage, fission, partibility, separability, fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision, dissection anatomy, decomposition, cutting instrument, buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw, separatist, disjoined, discontinuous, multipartite, abstract, disjunctive, secant, isolated, insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected, distinct, adrift, straggling, rift, reft, scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable, separately, one by one, severally, apart, adrift, asunder, in twain, in the abstract, abstractedly.Incoherence
N incoherence, nonadhesion, immiscibility, incoherence, looseness, laxity, relaxation, loosening, freedom, disjunction, rope of sand, nonadhesive, immiscible, incoherent, detached, loose, baggy, slack, lax, relaxed, flapping, streaming, disheveled, segregated, like grains of sand unconsolidated &c, uncombined, noncohesive.Decomposition
N decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution, corruption, dispersion, disjunction, disintegration, decomposed, catalytic, analytical, resolvent, separative, solvent.Discontinuity
N discontinuity, disjunction, anacoluthon, interruption, break, fracture, flaw, fault, crack, cut, gap, solution of continuity, caesura, broken thread, parenthesis, episode, rhapsody, patchwork, intermission, alternation, dropping fire, discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu, disconnected, unconnected, discrete, disjunctive, fitful, spasmodic, desultory, intermitting, occasional, intermittent, alternate, recurrent, at intervals, by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts, skippingly, per saltum, longo intervallo, like 'angel visits few and far between'.Dispersion
N nonassemblage, dispersion, dispersion, disjunction, divergence, aspersion, scattering, dissemination, diffusion, dissipation, distribution, apportionment, spread, respersion, circumfusion, interspersion, spargefaction, affusion, waifs and estrays, flotsam and jetsam, disjecta membra waveson, unassembled &c (assemble), dispersed, sparse, dispread, broadcast, sporadic, widespread, epidemic, adrift, stray, disheveled, streaming, sparsim, here and there, passim.
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