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Disjoint

//dɪsˈd͡ʒɔɪnt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.

    "Azure, a chevron disjoint or broken in the head or - BROKMALE. Per fesse gules and sable , a chevron rompu counterchanged - ALLEN, Sheriff of London"

  2. 2
    Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having no elements in common wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.

    "Near-synonyms: unjoin; disassemble, take apart"

  2. 2
    become separated, disconnected or disjoint wordnet
  3. 3
    To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.

    "a disjointed speech"

  4. 4
    make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of wordnet
  5. 5
    To fall into pieces. obsolete

    "But let the frame of things dis-ioynt, / Both the Worlds ſuffer, / Ere we will eate our Meale in feare, and ſleepe / In the affliction of theſe terrible Dreames, / That ſhake vs Nightly : Better be with the dead, / Whom we, to gayne our peace, haue ſent to peace, / Then on the torture of the Minde to lye / In reſtleſſe extaſie."

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  1. 6
    separate at the joints wordnet
  2. 7
    part; cease or break association with wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre (“disjoin”), from Latin disiungō, from dis- + iungō (“join”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre (“disjoin”), from Latin disiungō, from dis- + iungō (“join”).

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