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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISJUNCTION, n. [L.] The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as the disjunction of soul and body.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] [ant: connectedness, connection, link]
2: the act of breaking a connection [syn: disconnection, disjunction]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. a sharp cleavage ; disunion, separation <the disjunction between theory and practice> 2. a compound sentence in logic formed by joining two simple statements by or: a. inclusive disjunction b. exclusive disjunction

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the process of disjoining; separation. 2 an instance of this. Etymology: ME f. OF disjunction or L disjunctio (as DISJOIN)

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Separation, disconnection, disassociation, disunion, isolation, severance, parting.

Moby Thesaurus

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