dis|joint

dis|joint
dis|joint «dihs JOYNT», verb, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to take apart at the joints: »

The butcher disjointed the chicken for Mother.

SYNONYM(S): dismember.
2. Figurative. to break up; put out of order; disconnect: »

War disjoints a nation's affairs.

3. to put out of joint; dislocate: »

He disjointed his wrist when he fell.

–v.i.
to come apart; be put out of joint: »

Let the frame of things disjoint (Shakespeare).

–adj.
1. Mathematics. having no members in common. The set of even numbers and the set of odd numbers are disjoint. The sets (1,2,3) and (3,4,5) are not disjoint because they have 3 in common.
2. Obsolete. disjointed; out of joint.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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