disjuncture

Variant of disjunction

disjunction definition

dis·junc·tion (dis juŋk′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a disjoining or being disjoined; separation
    also disjuncture dis·junc′·ture (-c̸hər)
    1. Logic the relation between the alternatives of a disjunctive proposition
    2. a disjunctive proposition

Etymology: ME disjunccioun < L disjunctio

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