Disjoin
(Dis*join"), v. i. To become separated; to part.
Disjoint
(Dis*joint") a. [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoin.] Disjointed; unconnected; —
opposed to conjoint. Milton.
Disjoint
(Dis*joint"), n. [From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoint, v. t.] Difficult situation; dilemma; strait.
[Obs.] "I stand in such disjoint." Chaucer.
Disjoint
(Dis*joint"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disjointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disjointing.]
1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its
socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving.
Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame,
But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame?
Prior. 2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed
columns; to disjoint an edifice.
Some half-ruined wall
Disjointed and about to fall.
Longfellow. 3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
Disjoint
(Dis*joint"), v. i. To fall in pieces. Shak.
Disjointed
(Dis*joint"ed), a. Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. — Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv.
— Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.
Disjointly
(Dis*joint"ly), adv. In a disjointed state. Sandys.
Disjudication
(Dis*ju`di*ca"tion) n. Judgment; discrimination. See Dijudication. [Obs.] Boyle.
Disjunct
(Dis*junct") a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See Disjoin, and cf. Disjoint.]
1. Disjoined; separated. [R.]
2. (Zoöl.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction.
Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper
is one note higher than the acutest note of the other.
Disjunction
(Dis*junc"tion) n. [L. disjunctio.]
1. The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body.
2. A disjunctive proposition. Coleridge.
Disjunctive
(Dis*junc"tive) a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.]
1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.
2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. "Disjunctive notes." Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Disjunctive conjunction (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at
the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as, either, or, neither,
nor, but, although, except, lest, etc. — Disjunctive proposition, one in which the parts are connected
by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night. — Disjunctive syllogism (Logic), one in
