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Webster 1913 Edition


Disjunction

Dis-junc′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
disjunctio
.]
1.
The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting;
as, the
disjunction
of soul and body
.
2.
A disjunctive proposition.
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disjunction

DISJUNCTION

,
Noun.
[L.] The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as the disjunction of soul and body.

Definition 2024


disjunction

disjunction

English

Noun

disjunction (plural disjunctions)

  1. act of disjoining; disunion, separation
  2. state of being disjoined
  3. (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.
  4. (mathematics) a logical operator that results in true when some of its operands are true.
  5. (biology) During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II).

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