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disjoint

  • /dɪsˈd͡ʒɔɪnt/

Rhymes with -ɔɪnt

Where it comes from

From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre (“disjoin”), from Latin disiungō, from dis- + iungō (“join”).

adjective more disjoint · most disjoint

  1. Not smooth or continuous; disjointed. Azure, a chevron disjoint or broken in the head or - BROKMALE. Per fesse gules and sable , a chevron rompu counterchanged - ALLEN, Sheriff of London
  2. not comparable Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
  3. not comparable Of two or more elements in a lattice, having a meet equal to the bottom element.

Opposite: non-disjoint, overlapping

verb disjoints · disjointing · disjointed

  1. To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection. Near-synonyms: unjoin; disassemble, take apart

    Similar: disarticulate, unjoin, disassemble, take apart · Opposite: rejoint, rearticulate

  2. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent. a disjointed speech
  3. obsolete To fall into pieces. But let the frame of things dis-ioynt, / Both the Worlds ſuffer, / Ere we will eate our Meale in feare, and ſleepe / In the affliction of theſe terrible Dreames, / That ſhake vs Nightly : Better be with the dead, / Whom we, to gayne our peace, haue ſent to peace, / Then on the torture of the Minde t

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adjective

Opposite: non-disjoint, overlapping

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adj disjointed

Españoldisjunto

adj having no members in common

한국어서로소 seoroso
中文不相交的
Portuguêsdisjunto
Deutschdisjunkt
Românădisjunct
Русскийнепересека́ющийся neperesekájuščijsja

verb To render disjoint

한국어해체하다 haechehada
Portuguêsdesconjuntar
Deutschzertrennen
Românădisjunge
Русскийразъединя́ть razʺjedinjátʹ, разъедини́ть razʺjedinítʹ

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@misc{disjoint_2026,
  title = {disjoint},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disjoint},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}