Meaning of Disjunct | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.
2. A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from other members of the same group.
3. One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).
4. Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
5. An adverbial that expresses the speaker's or writer's attitude towards, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the associated clause or sentence.
6. A conjunct of a disjunctive conjunction.
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Equivalents

Examples

“Knowing for ourselves that a large disjunct existed between what could be read at NIE and what could be heard, we set about devising a way to measure what we were familiar with hearing.”

“[…] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]”

“Holonym: disjunction”

“In English, linking elements are the conjunction and, the disjunction or and the adversative linker but, collectively called COORDINATORS. The units that are coordinated will be called COORDINANDS in this article (CONJUNCTS, when linked by conjunction, DISJUNCTS, when linked by the disjunctive connector).”

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