disjoint

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈd͡ʒɔɪnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪnt

Adjective

disjoint (comparative more disjoint, superlative most disjoint)

1. Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
   • 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 109:

     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. (set theory, not comparable) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.

Antonyms

• non-disjoint
• overlapping

Derived terms

Related terms

• disjunct
• conjoint

Translations

Verb

disjoint (third-person singular simple present disjoints, present participle disjointing, simple past and past participle disjointed)

1. To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.

   to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint poultry by carving

   • 1719, Matthew Prior, “Henry and Emma”, in Poems on Several Occasions, Dublin: J. Hyde, page 163:

     Are there not Poiſons, Racks, and Flames, and Swords; / That Emma thus muſt die by Henry’s Words? / Yet what could Swords or Poiſon, Racks or Flame, / But mangle and disjoint this brittle Frame? / More fatal Henry’s Words; they murder Emma’s Fame.

   • 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Tales of a Wayside Inn”, in The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, London: George Routledge and Sons, published 1872, page 543:

     As over some half-ruined wall, / Disjointed and about to fall, / Fresh woodbines climb and interlace, / And keep the loosened stones in place.

2. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.

   a disjointed speech

3. (obsolete) To fall into pieces.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 140, column 2:

     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 to lye / In reſtleſſe extaſie.

Translations

See also

• disjoin

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.ʒwɛ̃/

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Participle

disjoint (feminine disjointe, masculine plural disjoints, feminine plural disjointes)

1. past participle of disjoindre

Adjective

disjoint (feminine disjointe, masculine plural disjoints, feminine plural disjointes)

1. disjoint, unattached

Further reading

• “disjoint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.