DISCONNECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disconnection mean? 

• DISCONNECTION (noun)
  The noun DISCONNECTION has 3 senses:

1. state of being disconnected

2. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

3. the act of breaking a connection

  Familiarity information: DISCONNECTION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISCONNECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

State of being disconnected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

disconnectedness; disconnection; disjunction; disjuncture

Hypernyms ("disconnection" is a kind of...):

separation (the state of lacking unity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disconnection"):

separability (the capability of being separated)

incoherence; incoherency (lack of cohesion or clarity or organization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

disconnect; disconnection; gulf

Context example:

there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy

Hypernyms ("disconnection" is a kind of...):

disparity (inequality or difference in some respect)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of breaking a connection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disconnection; disjunction

Hypernyms ("disconnection" is a kind of...):

separation (the act of dividing or disconnecting)

Derivation:

disconnect (make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten)

 Context examples 

Does not refer to device issues related to disconnection.

(Medical Device Incompatibility Problem, Food and Drug Administration)