disjunct

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Four of those systems are disjunct, meaning they really have no business in the region.

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  1. adjective Characterized by separation.
  2. adjective Music Relating to progression by intervals larger than major seconds.
  3. adjective Zoology Having deep constrictions separating the head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects.

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  • The poem-as-book or book-as-poem is a creature as different from, say, the longpoem as it is, say, from the novel, let alone the book as collection of individualized, disjunct poems. —  Silliman's Blog
  • The first subject of the fugue is very disjunct with large leaps (at least for a fugue subject) while the second subject is more conjunct and flowing. —  The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories
  • The second act is far more disjunct and scenic, jumping through time and location, forcing Kyle to experience the world the way his far more spiritual wife would have had him live it. —  An Angry White Guy in Chicago
  • These moments are so delicious, and Camp's skill in capturing the disjunct between surface and inner reality so superb, you wish they'd never end. —  TheaterMania.com
  • To help keep that disjunct to a minimum and ensure consistency both between authors and over time, many blogs have begun to adopt a tool from the world of print media, style guides. —  The Blog Herald
 

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  1. Middle English disjuncte, from Latin disiūnctus, past participle of disiungere, to disjoin; see disjoin.

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  1. from Latin disjunctus or dijunctus, past participle of disjungere, disjoin: see disjoin, and disjoint, a.
 

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/dɪsˈdʒəŋkt/
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