disjunction

Plural: disjunctions

Noun

• state of being disconnected
• the act of breaking a connection
• The act of disjoining; disunion, separation.
• The state of being disjoined, contrasting, or opposing.
• The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.
• A logical operator that results in “true” when any of its operands are true.
• During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II).

Examples

• the disjunction expressed by disjunctive conjunctions, such as but or or

Synonyms

disconnectedness, disconnection, disjuncture

Antonyms

connectedness, junction

Related Words

conjunction, junction