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disjunct
[ adjective dis-juhngkt; noun dis-juhngkt ]
adjective
- Music. progressing melodically by intervals larger than a second.
noun
disjunct
adjective
- not united or joined
- (of certain insects) having deep constrictions between the head, thorax, and abdomen
- music denoting two notes the interval between which is greater than a second
noun
- logic one of the propositions or formulas in a disjunction
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The difference is that they are conjunct, whereas in the primitive standard octave (e—e) the tetrachords are disjunct (e-a b-e).
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Thus the complete scale may have consisted of the disjunct tetrachords a-d and e-a, with the tone g-a.
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To say that he dropped like a shot bird is to say wrong; for a bird drops compact, but Gilles went down disjunct.
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Lacking evidence of genetic exchange, I prefer to retain disjunct populations that are distinctive as species.
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The specimens of the disjunct population of pallidus on the Tres Marias do not differ from the mainland population in Nayarit.
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