DISJUNCT
Scrabble letter values: D2I1S1J8U1N1C3T1 = 18
Definition
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second.
- adjective having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects.
- adjective marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements. — synonyms: isolated
- adjective used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations.
Examples
- “little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara- Scientific Monthly”
- “disjunct distribution of king crabs”