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disjunction

/dɪsˈdʒʌŋk(t)ʃən/

disjunction noun: the act of disjoining; disunion, separation.

Noun

disjunction (countable and uncountable, plural disjunctions)

  1. The act of disjoining; disunion, separation.
  2. The state of being disjoined, contrasting, or opposing.
    • the disjunction expressed by disjunctive conjunctions, such as but or or
    • The disjunction between the despotism the British had been practising in India and the liberal, secular, democratic trends of their domestic politics was too embarrassing to endure indefinitely.2017 September 7, Ferdinand Mount, “Umbrageousness”, in London Review of Books
  3. The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.
  4. A logical operator that results in “true” when any of its operands are true.
  5. During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II).

disjunction meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Sanskrit

disjunction in Tamil

பிரிப்பிணைவு, பிரிவுநிலை, பிரிநிறை

disjunction in Malayalam

disjunction
വിയോഗം viyōgaṁ

disjunction in Sanskrit

disjunction
विभाग vibhāga

Synonyms of disjunction

Antonyms

Forms of disjunction

pluraldisjunctions

Origin of disjunction

From Old French disjunction, from Latin disiunctiō.

Words formed from disjunction

Phrases with disjunction

Words that rhyme with disjunction

Questions about disjunction

What does disjunction mean?
Disjunction means the act of disjoining; disunion, separation.
What is disjunction in Tamil?
Disjunction in Tamil is பிரிப்பிணைவு, பிரிவுநிலை, பிரிநிறை. See Disjunction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is disjunction?
Disjunction is a noun.
How do you pronounce disjunction?
Disjunction is pronounced /dɪsˈdʒʌŋk(t)ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of disjunction?
The plural of disjunction is disjunctions.

Words near disjunction in the dictionary

  1. disjoints
  2. disjointure
  3. disjointures
  4. disjugal
  5. disjunct
  6. disjunction
  7. disjunctional
  8. disjunctionally
  9. disjunctions
  10. disjunctive
  11. disjunctive normal form

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disjunction (page history and authors); disjunction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വിയോഗം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); विभाग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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