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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disjunct \Dis*junct"\, a. [L. disjunctus p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See {Disjoin}, and cf {Disjoint}.] 1. Disjoined; separated. [R.] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction. {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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disjunct adj 1: (music) progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second [ant: {conjunct}] 2: (zoology) having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects 3: 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: {isolated}] 4: used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs"
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