disjunct
11Disjunct (linguistics) — In linguistics, a disjunct is a type of adverbial adjunct that expresses information that is not considered essential to the sentence it appears in, but which is considered to be the speaker s or writer s attitude towards, or descriptive… …
12disjunct — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin disjunctus, past participle of disjungere to disjoin Date: 15th century marked by separation of or from usually contiguous parts or individuals: as a. discontinuous b. relating to melodic… …
13disjunct — distinctly separate; said of ranges that are discontinuous so that discrete, but potentially interbreeding, populations cannot interbreed …
14disjunct — adj. [L. disjunctus, disunited] 1. Pertaining to separation of parts or formed into groups. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Having the head, thorax and abdomen set off by constrictions. 3. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) Whorls of a shell not touching each other …
15disjunct — adj. /dis jungkt /; n. /dis jungkt/, adj. 1. disjoined; separated. 2. Music. progressing melodically by intervals larger than a second. 3. Entomol. having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by deep constrictions; disjoined; disjointed. n. 4 …
16disjunct — noun One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction) …
17disjunct — Synonyms and related words: aimless, alien, alienated, amorphous, apart, capricious, casual, desultory, detached, disarticulated, disconnected, discontinuous, discrete, disengaged, disjoined, disjoint, disjointed, dislocated, disordered,… …
18disjúnct — adj. m., pl. disjúncţi; f. sg. disjúnctã (sil. junc ), pl. disjúncte …
19disjunct — adj. indicated by separation of or from generally contiguous elements, isolated …
20disjunct — Separated geographically, pertaining to populations of the same taxon occurring in more than one geographical area …
