Disjunction

Word DISJUNCTION
Character 11
Hyphenation dis junc tion
Pronunciations /dɪsˈdʒʊŋk(t)ʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Disjunction"

What do we mean by disjunction?

The act of disjoining or the condition of being disjointed. noun

The separation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis. noun

The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined; separation; division; distinction. noun

Specifically In logic, the relation between the members of a disjunctive proposition or term. noun

In logic: a term consisting of two or more terms united by the conjunction or or its equivalent. noun

In biology, the separation or alternative inheritance of the parental characters in crosses between inbred varieties or strains of domesticated plants and animals. Called also the law of disjunction, or Mendel's law. See inheritance. noun

The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting. noun

A disjunctive proposition. noun

Act of disjoining; disunion, separation noun

State of being disjoined noun

The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator. noun

A logical operator that results in true when some of its operands are true. noun

During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II). noun

State of being disconnected noun

The act of breaking a connection noun

The act of disjoining; disunion, separation.

The state of being disjoined.

The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.

A logical operator that results in “true” when some of its operands are true.

During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II).

Synonyms and Antonyms for Disjunction

The word "disjunction" in example sentences

But nowadays the term disjunction is more often used in reference to sentences (or well-formed formulae) of associated form occurring in formal languages. ❋ Jennings, Ray (2008)

This study demonstrates a violation of the rule in a context that justifies the label disjunction fallacy. ❋ Chris (2004)

And my heart with the fires of disjunction is fried: ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Latin word "vel" expresses weak or inclusive disjunction, and the Latin word "aut" corresponds to the word "or" in its strong or exclusive sense. ❋ Jennings, Ray (2008)

While I think that allowing the disjunction is the easiest fix, I suspect that the heart of the problem is in the definition of offenses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As a first approximation, then, moral anti-realism can be identified as the disjunction of three theses: moral noncognivitism moral error theory moral subjectivism ❋ Joyce, Richard (2007)

Can it be that the disjunction is a final one? that only one side can be true? ❋ William James (1876)

(possibly but not necessarily described as a disjunction of concepts); or they could be subordinated to a single concept which represents in a prior and a posterior manner (per prius et posterius). ❋ Ashworth, E. Jennifer (2009)

Cat's stories create a similar kind of disjunction when they recast slavery and eugenics in a fantasy setting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For starters, “Bachelors are unmarried or the moon is blue” is a logical consequence of “Bachelors are unmarried” ” its denial contradicts the latter (a denial of a disjunction is a denial of each disjunct) ” but clearly nothing about the color of the moon is remotely “contained in” the concept bachelor. ❋ Rey, Georges (2008)

This kind of disjunction between noun and verb seems to be getting more common. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But all that we can conclude from this history of PLINY is, that, in all times, to people considering the appearances of those two approached coasts, it had seemed probably, that the sea formed a passage between the two countries which had been once united; in like manner as is still more immediately perceived, in that smaller disjunction which is made between the island of Anglesey and the continent of Wales. ❋ Unknown (1788)

A "disjunction" is a technical term for an "or" statement, and so a disjunctive analysis of art comes in the basic form of "x is art if and only if x is a, or x is b, or …," and so on. ❋ Grant Tavinor (2010)

He proposed "disjunction" a concept that was currently acquiring vitality in romantic literature: the heart versus the head, emotion versus intellect. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cat’s stories create a similar kind of disjunction when they recast slavery and eugenics in a fantasy setting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The diesel of disjunction, grace of volume and edge, dynamic of line and thickness, energy of circle and stem. ❋ John Olson (2011)

In crowds that, while indisputably large and clearly happy, were neither endlessly stretching nor vicariously hysterical in the way that they may once have been – a disjunction much remarked on by foreign, especially American, journalists who wanted collective drooling to match their own. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Take disjunction, the logical argument that if A is true and B is true, their combination must also be true. ❋ Kelly Crow (2011)

As Mark Hammer, an analyst at the Public Service Commission of Canada, explains, "When there is a disjunction between what the employee thought their role was, what kinds of effort they thought would be valued and what does and doesn't get either acknowledged, recognized, rewarded or appreciated," employees feel like their efforts were for naught. ❋ Steve Ressler (2011)

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