Definitions for: Disjunctive


[adj] serving or tending to divide or separate



Webster (1913) Definition: Dis*junc"tive, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F.
disjonctif.]
1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. ``Disjunctive
notes.'' --Moore (Encyc. of Music).

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, one in which the parts are
connected by disjunctive conjunctions; 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.


Dis*junc"tive, n.
(a) (Gram.) A disjunctive conjunction.
(b) (Logic) A disjunctive proposition.

Synonyms: adversative, alternative, contrastive, dividing, divisional, intervening, mutually exclusive, oppositive, partitive, separative

Antonyms: conjunctive

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