Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Disjunct \Dis*junct"\, a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to
disjoin. See {Disjoin}, and cf. {Disjoint}.]
1. Disjoined; separated. [R.]
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Source : WordNet®
disjunct
adj 1: progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major
second [ant: {conjunct}]
2: having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and
abdomen, as in insects
3: 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"-
Scientific Monthly [syn: {isolated}]
4: used of distributions, as of statistical or natural
populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs"