disjunct

UK /dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/ US /dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/
noun 5adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

Separate; discontinuous; not connected.

2

Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.

noun

1

The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.

Knowing for ourselves that a large disjunct existed between what could be read at NIE and what could be heard, we set about devising a way to measure what we were familiar with hearing.

2

A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from other members of the same group.

[…] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]

3

One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).

Holonym: disjunction

4

Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.

5

Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.

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