Thesaurus: disjunct

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1. a. Disjoined; separated.
2. a. Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction.
3. adj. progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
4. adj. having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
5. adj. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
6. adj. used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations
7. 1. Disjoined; separated. [R.] 2. (Zoöl.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction. 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.
8. Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deepconstriction. Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed toeach other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher thanthe acutest note of the other.
9. j:100 a. progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second s. having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects s. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements