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Adjective: disjunct  dis'júngkt
  1. (music) progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
     
  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";
    - isolated
     
  4. Used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations
    "disjunct distribution of king crabs"

See also: discontinuous, divided, noncontinuous, separate

Antonym: conjunct

Encyclopedia: Disjunct