Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disjunctive"

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

Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F.
disjonctif.]
1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. ``Disjunctive
notes.'' --Moore (Encyc. of Music).

{Disjunctive conjunction} (Gram.), one connecting
grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same
time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions
or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although,
except, lest, etc.

{Disjunctive proposition}, one in which the parts are
connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day
or night.

{Disjunctive syllogism} (Logic), one in which the major
proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a
circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle,
therefore it moves in an ellipse.

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

Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, n.
(a) (Gram.) A disjunctive conjunction.
(b) (Logic) A disjunctive proposition.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disjunctive
adj : serving or tending to divide or separate [ant: {conjunctive}]


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