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disjuncture
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Disjuncture
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dis·junc·ture
/
dɪsˈdʒʌŋk
tʃər
/
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[
dis-
juhngk
-cher
]
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noun
the act of
disjoining
or the state of being
disjoined
; disjunction.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
(<
Anglo-French
) <
Medieval Latin
disjunctūra,
equivalent to
Latin
disjunct
(
us
) (see
disjunct
) +
-ūra
-ure
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disjuncture
noun
state of being disconnected [syn:
disjunction
] [ant:
connectedness
]
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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