Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disjoint"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, a. [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre.
See {Disjoin}.]
Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to {conjoint}. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, n. [From OF. desjoint, p. p. of
desjoindre. See {Disjoint}, v. t.]
Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] ``I stand in
such disjoint.'' --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disjointed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Disjointing}.]
1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by
joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket;
to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to
disjoint a fowl in carving.
Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame,
But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? --Prior.
2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts
are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to
disjoint and edifice.
Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall.
--Longfellow.
3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make
incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. i.
To fall in pieces. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disjoint
adj : (mathematics) having no elements in common
v 1: part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated
herself from the organization when she found out the
identity of the president" [syn: {disassociate}, {dissociate},
{divorce}, {disunite}]
2: separate at the joints, as of a chicken [syn: {disarticulate}]
3: make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining
of [syn: {disjoin}] [ant: {join}]
4: become separated, disconnected or disjoint [syn: {disjoin}]
[ant: {join}]
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