What does disjunct mean?
Disjunct means Separate; discontinuous; not connected..
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/dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/ · adjective
Separate; discontinuous; not connected..
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 […]
Holonym: disjunction
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).
Use disjunct when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Disjunct means Separate; discontinuous; not connected..
Common synonyms include disjunctive, conjunct, separate, isolated.
Possible antonyms include conjunct, conjunctive.
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.
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