Dictionary definition · disjunct
adjective
- progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
- marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements"little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"
- used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations"disjunct distribution of king crabs"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).