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disjunction

  (dĭs-jŭngk'shən) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act of disjoining or the condition of being disjointed.
  2. Logic.
    1. A proposition that presents two or more alternative terms, with the assertion that only one is true.
    2. A proposition that presents two or more alternative terms, with the assertion that at least one is true.
  3. Genetics. The separation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis.

 
 
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noun

    The act or an instance of separating one thing from another: detachment, disjuncture, disseverance, disseverment, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, parting, partition, separation, severance, split. See assemble/disassemble, part/whole.

 

The statement that at least one of two propositions is true: it thus corresponds to ‘p or q’. Inclusive disjunction allows that both may be true; exclusive disjunction that one but not both is true. In the propositional calculus disjunction is treated as a truth-function.

 

The act or state of being disjoined. In genetics, the moving apart of bivalent chromosomes at the first anaphase of meiosis.

 
Translations: Translations for: Disjunction

Dansk (Danish)
n. - adskillelsesproces, mangel på sammenhæng

Nederlands (Dutch)
scheiding, afzonderlijkheid, tegenstelling

Français (French)
n. - disjonction

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trennung, Disjunktion

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποσύνδεση

Italiano (Italian)
disgiunzione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - disjunção (f), separação (f)

Русский (Russian)
разделение, дизъюнкция

Español (Spanish)
n. - separación, disyunción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - åtskiljande, filos. disjunktiv

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
分离, 分断, 分裂

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 分離, 分斷, 分裂

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 갈라짐, 분열

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 分離, 選言

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فصل, انفصال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הבדל, הפרדה‬


 
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