disjoint

Speech parts

1. disjoint - Adjective

2. disjoint - Verb

3. disjoint - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.

Difficult situation; dilemma; strait.

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.

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

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

To fall in pieces.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

divorce dissociate disassociate disjoin disunite disarticulate sunder separate divided distinct split separated isolated disorder scattered
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Antonyms

team multiple consonant interlock aid join
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Hypernyms

separate break split divide break-up part

Related terms

unjointed

Phrases with the word

to disjoint

Derivatives

disjointed disjointing

Examples

Sometimes there's a disjoint between what works on the page and what works with visual story telling. Duncan Jones

disjoint the chicken before cooking it Source: Internet

She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president Source: Internet

A topological space X is disconnected if there exist disjoint, nonempty, closed subsets A and B of X whose union is X. Furthermore, X is totally disconnected if it has an open basis consisting of closed sets. Source: Internet

A family F of sets is pairwise disjoint if, for every two sets in the family, their intersection is empty. Source: Internet

A family of sets is pairwise disjoint or mutually disjoint if every two different sets in the family are disjoint. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

disjoined disjoined from disjoiner disjoint set disjoint union disjoint union topology