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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.

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.

Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition.

Separately; disjunctively.

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.

A disjunctive proposition. Coleridge.

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.