Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disconnected"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disconnect \Dis`con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconnected};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconnecting}.]
To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to
sever; to separate; to disperse.

The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected
into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke.

This restriction disconnects bank paper and the
precious metals. --Walsh.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disconnected
adj 1: marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds;
(music) cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a
staccato command"; "staccato notes" [syn: {staccato}]
[ant: {legato}]
2: having been divided; having the unity destroyed;
"Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of
disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of
disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition";
"a split group" [syn: {disunited}, {fragmented}, {split}]
3: marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions;
"abrupt prose" [syn: {abrupt}]
4: not plugged in or connected to a power source; "the iron is
disconnected"
5: lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of
instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the
world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered
thoughts" [syn: {confused}, {disjointed}, {disordered}, {garbled},
{illogical}, {scattered}, {unconnected}]


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