adj. /dis jungkt"/ ; n. /dis"jungkt/ , adj.
1. disjoined; separated.
2. Music. progressing melodically by intervals larger than a second.
3. Entomol. having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by deep constrictions; disjoined; disjointed.
n.
4. See sentence adverb .
[ 1375-1425; late ME disjunctus separated, ptp. of disjungere to DISJOIN; see JUNCTION ]