What does disjunctive mean?

Definitions for disjunctive
dɪsˈdʒʌŋk tɪvdis·junc·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disjunctiveadjective

    serving or tending to divide or separate

Wiktionary

  1. disjunctiveadjective

    Not connected. Separated

  2. disjunctiveadjective

    Of a personal pronoun, not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, examples:

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Disjunctiveadjective

    Etymology: disjunctivus, Latin.

    Such principles, whose atoms are of that disjunctive nature, as not to be united in a sufficient number to make a visible mass. Nehemiah Grew, Cosm. Sac. b. i. c. 2.

    There are such words as disjunctive conjunctions. Isaac Watts.

    A disjunctive syllogysm is when the major proposition is disjunctive; as, The earth moves in a circle, or an ellipsis; but it does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipsis. Isaac Watts, Logick.

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  1. disjunctive

    Disjunctive refers to something involving a separation, distinction, or lack of connection or relationship. In the context of logic or grammar, it is typically used to describe an 'either-or' situation or choice and is associated with terms or elements that express an alternative or opposition.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Disjunctiveadjective

    tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining

  2. Disjunctiveadjective

    pertaining to disjunct tetrachords

  3. Disjunctivenoun

    a disjunctive conjunction

  4. Disjunctivenoun

    a disjunctive proposition

  5. Etymology: [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of disjunctive in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of disjunctive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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