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disjoint

  

(dĭs-joint') pronunciation


v., -joint·ed, -joint·ing, -joints.

v.tr.

  1. To put out of joint; dislocate.
  2. To take apart at the joints.
  3. To destroy the coherence or connections of.
  4. To separate; disjoin.

v.intr.

  1. To come apart at the joints.
  2. To become dislocated.

adj. Mathematics.

Having no elements in common. Used of sets.

[Middle English disjointen, to destroy, ultimately from Old French desjoint, past participle of desjoindre, to disjoin. See disjoin.]


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