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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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To separate meat at the joint, such as cutting the chicken leg from the thigh.

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verb

    To become or cause to become apart one from another: break, detach, disjoin, disunite, divide, divorce, part, separate, split (up). Idioms: part company, set at odds. See assemble/disassemble.

Two sets are disjoint if they have no member in common.

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