'Disjunct' definitions:
Definition of 'disjunct'
From: WordNet
adjective
Progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second [ant: conjunct]
adjective
Having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
adjective
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 [syn: disjunct, isolated]
adjective
Used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs"
Definition of 'Disjunct'
From: GCIDE
- Disjunct \Dis*junct"\ (d[i^]s*j[u^][ng]kt"), a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See Disjoin, and cf. Disjoint.]
- 1. Disjoined; separated. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disjunct'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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