DISJUNCT

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us, past participle of disjungere to disjoin Date: 15th century marked by separation of or from usually contiguous parts or individuals: as, discontinuous , relating to melodic progression by intervals larger than a major second, II. noun Date: 1921 any of the alternatives that make up a logical ~ion, an adverb or adverbial (as luckily in “Luckily we had an extra set” or in short in “In short, there is nothing we can do”) that is loosely connected to a sentence and conveys the speaker's or writer's comment on its content, truth, or manner