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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf F. disjonctif.] 1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining. 2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. ``Disjunctive notes.'' --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Disjunctive conjunction} (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as either or neither, nor but although, except, lest, etc {Disjunctive proposition}, one in which the parts are connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night. {Disjunctive syllogism} (Logic), one in which the major proposition is disjunctive; as the earth moves in a circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipse. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, n. a (Gram.) A disjunctive conjunction. b (Logic) A disjunctive proposition. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disjunctive adj : serving or tending to divide or separate [ant: {conjunctive}]
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