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Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction. Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher than the acutest note of the other.

The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body.

Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. "Disjunctive notes." Moore (Encyc. of Music). Disjunctive conjunction (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although, except, lest, et…

In a disjunctive manner; separately. Dr. H. More.

The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined; separation. Fuller.

Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.

A conditional word, mode, or proposition. Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater.

unctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive. Harris.

Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale.

Separately; disjunctively.

Disjunction; separation. [Obs.] Mede.

Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive. Discretive proposition (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of discretive particles, as but, though, yet, etc.; as, travelers change their climate, but not their temper.

Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety. Locke.

The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.

Disunion; disjunction. [Obs.] Boyle.

To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate. Shak.

e is no actual union of the organisms (as in the association of ants with myrmecophytes), disjunctive symbiosis.

A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma.