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disjunct

DEFINITIONS OF: disjunct

1

adj marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements

“"little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly”
Synonyms:
isolated
separate
independent; not united or joint

adj used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations

“disjunct distribution of king crabs”
Synonyms
discontinuous, noncontinuous
not continuing without interruption in time or space

adj having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects

Synonyms
divided
separated into parts or pieces

adj progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second

Antonyms:
conjunct
progressing melodically by intervals of a second
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