Disjunctive

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F.
     disjonctif.]
     1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.
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     2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. "Disjunctive


        notes." --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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     {Disjunctive conjunction} (Gram.), one connecting
        grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same
        time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions
        or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although,
        except, lest, etc.
  
     {Disjunctive proposition}, a proposition in which the parts
        are connected by disjunctive conjunctions, specifying that
        one of two or more propositions may hold, but that no two
        propositions may hold at the same time; as it is either
        day or night.
  
     {Disjunctive syllogism} (Logic), one in which the major
        proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a
        circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle,
        therefore it moves in an ellipse.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, n.
        (a) (Gram.) A disjunctive conjunction.
        (b) (Logic) A disjunctive proposition.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disjunctive
       adj : serving or tending to divide or separate [ant: {conjunctive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "disjunctive":
     ablative, adjectival, adjective, adverb, adverbial,
     adversative conjunction, alternative, attributive, biodegradable,
     broken, broken off, chopped-off, choppy, conjunction,
     conjunctive adverb, coordinating conjunction, copulative,
     copulative conjunction, correlative conjunction, corrosive,
     decomposable, decomposing, decousu, degradable, dilapidated,
     disconnected, discontinued, discontinuous, discrete, discretional,
     disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating, disintegrative,
     disjunctive conjunction, disruptive, dividing, elective, episodic,
     erosive, exclamatory noun, fitful, form class, form word,
     function class, gerundive, herky-jerky, incoherent, interjection,
     intermittent, interrupted, irregular, jagged, jerky, moldering,
     noncontinuous, nonlinear, nonsequential, nonserial, nonuniform,
     optional, parenthetic, part of speech, participle, particle,
     parting, past participle, patchy, perfect participle, preposition,
     present participle, ravaged, resolvent, ruinous, scrappy,
     separating, separative, snatchy, solvent, spasmodic, spotty,
     subordinating conjunction, suspended, unconnected, unjoined,
     unsuccessive, verbal adjective, volitional, voluntary, worn