Dictionary

disjunction en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪsˈdʒʌŋk(t)ʃən/ (UK)
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• /dɪsˈdʒʊŋk(t)ʃən/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old French disjunction, from Latin disiunctiō.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of disjoining; disunion, separation.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being disjoined, contrasting, or opposing.
   • the disjunction expressed by disjunctive conjunctions, such as but or or
   • The disjunction between the despotism the British had been practising in India and the liberal, secular, democratic trends of their domestic politics was too embarrassing to endure indefinitely. 2017 September 7, Ferdinand Mount, “Umbrageousness”, in London Review of Books:
3. (countable, uncountable) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.
4. (countable, uncountable) A logical operator that results in “true” when any of its operands are true.
5. (countable, uncountable) During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II).

Forms

Antonyms

junction

Coordinates

in mathematics

Deriveds

nondisjunction · disjunctional

Hypernyms

logical connective (in mathematics)

Hyponyms

exclusive disjunction (in logic) · inclusive disjunction (in logic)

Meronyms

disjunct (in logic)

Relateds

conjunction · junction

Synonyms

disjuncture

Translations (25)

is eðun (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · el διάζευξη (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · da disjunktion (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · fr disjonction (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · oc disjonccion (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · kk дизъюнкция (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · fi disjunktio (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · uk диз'ю́нкція (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · sh дисјункција (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · ja 選言命題 (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · hu diszjunkció (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · ca disjunció (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · de Disjunktion (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · ru дизъю́нкция (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · ro disjuncție (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · cs disjunkce (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · pl alternatywa (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · es disyunción (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · nb disjunksjon (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · oc disjoncion (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · cmn 析取 (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · sl disjunkcija (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · sh disjunkcija (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · hu VAGY-művelet (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator) · pt disjunção (logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator)