Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Disjunct"
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) 1.7 (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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