English Explanatory Dictionary

disjoint

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
  2. Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
verb
  1. To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
  2. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.
  3. To fall into pieces.

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈd͡ʒɔɪnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disjoint.wav

Word forms

disjoint more disjoint most disjoint disjoints disjointing disjointed

Etymology

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

Synonyms

disarticulate unjoin disassemble take apart

Antonyms

non-disjoint overlapping rejoint rearticulate

Related words

disjunct conjoint unjointed disjoin

Derived words

disjointly disjointness disjoint set disjoint union disjoint union topology disjointure nondisjoint pairwise disjoint
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