disjunct

  • (a) progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
  • (s) having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
  • (s) marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
    • "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly
    isolated,
  • (s) used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations
    • disjunct distribution of king crabs

Synonyms

isolated

Antonyms

conjunct

Words of close approximity

disjunction disjunctive disjunctive conjunction disjuncture