Disjunct

Quick meaning: Disjunct is an adjective meaning Separate; discontinuous; not connected.

Meaning

Separate; discontinuous; not connected.

More Meanings

1. (botany) Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.
2. The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.
3. (botany) A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from other members of the same group.
4. (logic) One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).
5. (linguistics) Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
6. (linguistics, rare) A conjunct of a disjunctive conjunction.

Example Sentences

Holonym: disjunction

Knowing for ourselves that a large disjunct existed between what could be read at NIE and what could be heard, we set about devising a way to measure what we were familiar with hearing.

[…] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]

In English, linking elements are the conjunction and, the disjunction or and the adversative linker but, collectively called COORDINATORS. The units that are coordinated will be called COORDINANDS in this article (CONJUNCTS, when linked by conjunction, DISJUNCTS, when linked by the disjunctive connector).

Word Forms

• disjuncts

Synonyms for disjunct

Depending on context, synonyms include disjunctive, conjunct, separate, isolated, divided, discontinuous.

Antonyms for disjunct

Common opposites include conjunct, conjunctive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include discontinuous, separate, noncontinuous, isolated, divided, separated.

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