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Disjunction

//dɪsˈdʒʌŋk(t)ʃən// noun

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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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  1. 6
    A logical operator that results in “true” when any of its operands are true. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II). countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old French disjunction, from Latin disjunctio.

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