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disjunction
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As a noun, disjunction means the act of disjoining.
Meanings of disjunction
6 meaningsnoun
The act of disjoining; disunion, separation.
The state of being disjoined, contrasting, or opposing.
“the disjunction expressed by disjunctive conjunctions, such as but or or”
logicThe proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.
mathematicsA logical operator that results in “true” when some of its operands are true.
biologyDuring meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II).
The act of breaking a connection
Similar: disconnection
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: state of being disconnected
noun: the act of breaking a connection
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