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Definitions for disjoint
dɪsˈdʒɔɪntdis·joint

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disjointverb

    having no elements in common

  2. disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjointverb

    part; cease or break association with

    "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"

  3. disjoint, disarticulateverb

    separate at the joints

    "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"

  4. disjoin, disjointverb

    make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

  5. disjoin, disjointverb

    become separated, disconnected or disjoint

Wiktionary

  1. disjointverb

    To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.

  2. disjointadjective

    not smooth or continuous; disjointed

  3. disjointadjective

    (not used in the comparative or superlative) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Disjointparticiple.

    Separated; divided.

    Etymology: from the verb.

    Young Fortinbras,
    Holding a weak supposal of our worth;
    Thinks, by our late dear brother’s death,
    Our state to be disjoint and out of frame. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

  2. To Disjointverb

    Etymology: dis and joint.

    Be all their ligaments at once unbound,
    And their disjointed bones to powder ground. George Sandys, Paraph.

    Yet what could swords or poison, racks or flame,
    But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame,
    More fatal Henry’s words; they murder Emma’s fame. Pr.

    Mould’ring arches, and disjointed columns. Irene.

    Rotation must disperse in air,
    All things which on the rapid orb appear;
    And if no power that motion should controul,
    It must disjoint and dissipate the whole. Richard Blackmore.

    Should a barbarous Indian, who had never seen a palace or a ship, view the separate and disjointed parts, he would be able to form but a very lame and dark idea of either of those excellent and useful inventions. Isaac Watts, Improvm. of the Mind.

    The constancy of your wit was not wont to bring forth such disjointed speeches. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

    But now her grief has wrought her into frenzy,
    The images her troubled fancy forms
    Are incoherent, wild; her words disjointed. Smith.

  3. To Disjointverb

    To fall in pieces.

    Let both worlds disjoint, and all things suffer,
    Ere we will eat our meal in fear. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

ChatGPT

  1. disjoint

    Disjoint refers to the concept where two or more sets have no common elements or members. The intersection of disjoint sets is an empty set. In a broader sense, it can also refer to things, events, or activities that are separate, distinct or unrelated to each other.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Disjointadjective

    disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint

  2. Disjointverb

    difficult situation; dilemma; strait

  3. Disjointverb

    to separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving

  4. Disjointverb

    to separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice

  5. Disjointverb

    to break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech

  6. Disjointverb

    to fall in pieces

  7. Etymology: [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoin.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of disjoint in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of disjoint in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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