Found 2 items, similar to Disjunct.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: disjunct disjunct adj 1: progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second [ant: conjunct] 2: having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects 3: marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; “little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara”- Scientific Monthly [syn: isolated] 4: used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations; “disjunct distribution of king crabs”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Disjunct Disjunct \Dis*junct"\ (d[i^]s*j[u^][ng]kt"), a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See Disjoin, and cf. Disjoint.] 1. Disjoined; separated. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction. [1913 Webster] Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher than the acutest note of the other. [1913 Webster]