DISJUNCT Definition & Meaning

disjunct

[ adjective dis-juhngkt; noun dis-juhngkt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

disjoined; disjoined; separated.
Music. progressing melodically by intervals larger than a second.
Entomology. having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by deep constrictions; disjoined; disjoined; disjointed.

noun

sentence adverb.

disjunct

adjective

not united or joined
(of certain insects) having deep constrictions between the head, thorax, and abdomen
music denoting two notes the interval between which is greater than a second

noun

logic one of the propositions or formulas in a disjunction

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of disjunct¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin disjunctus separated, past participle of disjungere to disjoin; junction

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“We are very, very cautious and do not engage in the long-distance movement and establishment of plant material outside and disjunct from the historic range of a species,” said Lytle.

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He proceeded to an analysis intended to show that “genius doesn’t lie in not being derivative, but in making right choices instead of wrong ones,” citing the “increasingly disjunct” arch of “Norwegian Wood.”

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Many melodies are a mixture of conjunct and disjunct motion.

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The orchestration has this brashness, and a lot of clashes and disjunct that shows itself already in “Pocahontas.”

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This disjunct could be a lot of fun in his output, too.

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