DISJUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disjunction mean? 

• DISJUNCTION (noun)
  The noun DISJUNCTION has 2 senses:

1. state of being disconnected

2. the act of breaking a connection

  Familiarity information: DISJUNCTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISJUNCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

State of being disconnected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

disconnectedness; disconnection; disjunction; disjuncture

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

separation (the state of lacking unity)

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

separability (the capability of being separated)

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

Derivation:

disjoin (become separated, disconnected or disjoint)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of breaking a connection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disconnection; disjunction

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

separation (the act of dividing or disconnecting)

Derivation:

disjoin (make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of)

 Context examples 

Two copies of a chromosome pass into the same gamete, leaving the other gamete as nullisomy. 95% of the Down Syndrome birth were result of meiotic disjunction.

(Meiotic Nondisjunction, NCI Thesaurus)