Disjunct Definition
dĭs-jŭngkt
adjective
Characterized by separation.
American Heritage
Disjoined; separated.
Webster's New World
Having to do with progression by intervals greater than a second.
Webster's New World
Having the body sharply divided by deep furrows, as in the divisions into head, thorax, and abdomen in most insects.
Webster's New World
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noun
A term in a disjunction.
American Heritage
An adverb or adverbial phrase that modifies a sentence to suggest the speaker's commentary on the content of the sentence, as with sadly in Sadly, we have no more dessert left.
American Heritage
(logic) One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction)
Wiktionary
(linguistics) Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
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Other Word Forms of Disjunct
Noun
Singular:
disjunct
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disjunctsOrigin of Disjunct
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Middle English disjuncte from Latin disiūnctus past participle of disiungere to disjoin disjoin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
dis- + Latin junctus, "joined".
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