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Definition: Disjunct |
DisjunctAdjective1. (music) progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second. 2. (zoology) having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects. 3. 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. 4. Used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Disjunct \Dis*junct"\, adjective. [Latin expression disjunctus, past participle of disjungere to disjoin. See Disjoin, and compare to Disjoint.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Science | Of a population of a species, widely separated geographically or ecologically from other populations of the same species. (references) |
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Synonym: DisjunctSynonym: isolated (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: conjunct (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Disjunct |
| English words defined with "disjunct": isolated. (references) |
| "Disjunct" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "Disjunct" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 92.31% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "disjunct": Disjunct tetrachords. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "disjunct"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | отделен (detached, discrete, distinct, divided, independent, individual, insular, lone, odd, particular, self contained, separate, several, single, singular, solitary, stray, unattached). (various references) | |
Czech | oddìlit (detach, dispart, fractionate, mark off, part, partition, scorify, segregate, separate, sequester, sever, split off). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elválasztott (detached, disembodied, isolated, separated). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isjunctday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | disjunto, separado (apart, asunder, detached, disconnected, discriminate, divided, dividual, insulated, piecemeal, removed, separate, separated), apartado. (various references) | |
Russian | разобщенный (disengaged). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | razdvojen (disengaged, disjoint). (various references) | |
Spanish | desunido (disengaged). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | роз'Ñ"днаний (disengaged, disjointed, open). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "disjunct": disjunction, disjunctions, disjunctive, disjunctively, disjunctives, disjuncts, disjuncture, disjunctures. (additional references) | |
Words containing "disjunct": nondisjunction, nondisjunctional, nondisjunctions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-i-j-n-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: inducts. | |
-2 letters: cutins, induct, nudist, tunics. | |
-3 letters: cutin, cutis, dints, djins, ducts, duits, dunts, ictus, incus, nidus, scudi, suint, tunic, units. | |
-4 letters: cist, cuds, cuts, dins, dint, disc, dits, djin, duci, duct, duit, duns, dunt, dust, jins, just, juts, nits, nuts, scud, scut, snit, stud, stun, suit, tics, tins, tuis, tuns, unci, unit. | |
-5 letters: cis. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-i-j-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: disjuncts. | |
+3 letters: adjunctions, adjutancies, disjunction, disjunctive, disjuncture, jocundities. | |
+4 letters: disjunctions, disjunctives, disjunctures, jurisdiction. | |
+5 letters: adjudications, disjunctively, jurisdictions. | |
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