noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of disjoining; disunion, separation. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the act of breaking a connection wordnet
3. 3
   The state of being disjoined, contrasting, or opposing. countable, uncountable

   "the disjunction expressed by disjunctive conjunctions, such as but or or"

4. 4
   state of being disconnected wordnet
5. 5
   The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator. countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   A logical operator that results in “true” when any of its operands are true. countable, uncountable
7. 7
   During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II). countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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disconnectiondisjunctureablationabstractionaccordaddition

Antonyms

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junction

Example

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"the disjunction expressed by disjunctive conjunctions, such as but or or"

Etymology

From Old French disjunction, from Latin disjunctio.

Related phrases

logical operatorsister chromatid

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