disjunctive

English

Etymology

Latin disjunctīvus.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈdʒʌŋktɪv/, /dɪsˈdʒʊŋktɪv/

Adjective

Examples (grammar)
English: me, him, them French: moi, toi Irish: é, í

disjunctive (comparative more disjunctive, superlative most disjunctive)

Not connected; separated.
(grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.
Tending to disjoin; separating.
(music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
- Moore (Encyc. of Music)
  
  disjunctive notes
(logic) Of or related to a disjunction.

Antonyms

conjunctive

Translations

not connected, separated

Finnish: erillinen (fi)

grammar: not used in immediate conjunction

Finnish: disjunktiivinen (fi)

tending to disjoin; separating

Finnish: erottava (fi), eriyttävä

music: relating to disjunct tetrachords

logic: of or related to a disjunction

Finnish: disjunktiivinen (fi)

Noun

disjunctive (plural disjunctives)

(logic) A disjunction.
- L. H. Atwater
  Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.

Translations

disjunction — see disjunction

Latin

Adjective

disjunctīve

vocative masculine singular of disjunctīvus

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