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Disjunct

Disjunct Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Disjunct?
[adj] (music) progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
[adj] used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs" [adj] marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly [adj] (zoology) having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects Synonyms | Synonyms for Disjunct: discontinuous | divided | isolated | noncontinuous | separate Related Terms | Find terms related to Disjunct: aimless | alien | alienated | amorphous | apart | capricious | casual | desultory | detached | disarticulated | disconnected | discontinuous | discrete | disengaged | disjoined | disjoint | disjointed | dislocated | disordered | dispersed | disproportionate | disrelated | dissociated | disunited | divided | divorced | erratic | estranged | exotic | extraneous | fitful | foreign | formless | frivolous | gratuitous | haphazard | hit-or-miss | immethodical | inchoate | incoherent | incommensurable | incomparable | independent | indiscriminate | insular | irregular | irrelative | isolated | meaningless | misshapen | nonsymmetrical | nonsystematic | nonuniform | orderless | other | outlandish | planless | promiscuous | random | removed | scattered | segregate | segregated | senseless | separate | separated | sequestered | shapeless | shut off | spasmodic | sporadic | straggling | straggly | strange | systemless | unaffiliated | unallied | unarranged | unassociated | unclassified | unconnected | undirected | ungraded | unjoined | unmethodical | unordered | unorganized | unrelatable | unrelated | unsorted | unsymmetrical | unsystematic | ununiform | vague | wandering See Also | Disjunct In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*junct"\, a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to
disjoin. See {Disjoin}, and cf. {Disjoint}.]
1. Disjoined; separated. [R.]
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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