different between disjunct vs disjunctive

English

Etymology

From dis- +? Latin junctus (“joined”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?d???kt/, /d?s?d???kt/

Noun

disjunct (plural disjuncts)

1. The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.
2. (logic) One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).
3. (linguistics) Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
4. (linguistics) An adverbial that expresses the speaker's or writer's attitude towards, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the associated clause or sentence.

Hypernyms

• (an adverbial): sentence adverb

Holonyms

• (in logic): disjunction

Adjective

disjunct (comparative more disjunct, superlative most disjunct)

1. Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
2. (botany) Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.

References

• "Disjunction" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

English

Etymology

From Latin disjunct?vus (“placed in opposition”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?d???kt?v/, /d?s?d???kt?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?d???kt?v/

Adjective

disjunctive (comparative more disjunctive, superlative most disjunctive)

1. Not connected; separated.
   • 1985, John Jones, Dostoevsky, Oxford University Press, USA

     That broken comb exemplifies the apparently inexhaustible strength of the novel's flotsam, its disjunctive detail which makes nevertheless for tonal coherence.

2. (grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.
3. Tending to disjoin; separating.
4. (music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
   • 2005, Simon P. Keefe, The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto, Cambridge University Press (?ISBN), page 206:

     […] that the phrase should be articulated in one breath; failing this, Quantz recommends that breath should be taken wherever possible on tied notes, between disjunctive notes of continuous semiquavers or at other equivalent moments.

5. (logic) Of or related to a disjunction.
   • 1873, Sir William Hamilton, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, page 235:

     An opposition of contrariety is not of purely logical concernment; and a disjunctive syllogism with characters opposed in contrariety, in fact, consists of as many pure disjunctive syllogisms as there are opposing predicates.

Antonyms

• conjunctive

Translations

Noun

disjunctive (plural disjunctives)

1. (logic) A disjunction.
   • L. H. Atwater

     Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.

2. (grammar) A disjunct.

Translations

Further reading

• Disjunctive pronoun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Logical disjunction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Adjective

disj?nct?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of disj?nct?vus