disjoint

American  

[dis-joint] / dɪsˈdʒɔɪnt /

verb (used with object)

1. to separate or disconnect the joints or joinings of.

2. to put out of order; derange.

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verb (used without object)

1. to come apart.

2. to be dislocated; be out of joint.

adjective

1. Mathematics.

   1. (of two sets) having no common elements.

   2. (of a system of sets) having the property that every pair of sets is disjoint.

2. Obsolete. disjointed; out of joint.

disjoint British  

/ dɪsˈdʒɔɪnt /

verb

1. to take apart or come apart at the joints

2. (tr) to disunite or disjoin

3. to dislocate or become dislocated

4. (tr; usually passive) to end the unity, sequence, or coherence of

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adjective

1. maths (of two sets) having no members in common

2. obsolete disjointed

Etymology

Origin of disjoint

1400–50; late Middle English disjointen to destroy < Anglo-French, Old French desjoint, past participle of desjoindre to disjoin

Example Sentences

Unlike with Sellars’ wholly integrated “Idomeneo” production, though, Sharon was left with the sum of disjoint parts, including an ever-changing and not entirely sympathetic-seeming cast.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2019

You can separate it into two disjoint pieces fairly easily: one of the pieces contains points with x coordinates less than 1/2 and one with x coordinates greater than 1/2.

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2015

The data are divided into disjoint sub-samples and the BDT trained on one sub-sample is applied to a different sub-sample to avoid any bias.

From Nature • May 12, 2015

How do we resolve this disjoint between a binary system that sees things only in black and white and the public’s need for an honest investigation of the shades of gray in between?

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2014

She watched him disjoint a pair of frogs’ legs.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger