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disjoint

disjoint

1 8.1
Having no members in common
  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈdʒɔɪnt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : disjunto
  • So you have this disjoint union, you have a written as a disjoint union of sets, which is really cool.
  • disjoint sets

And I don't think you can just I don't think we'll have the luxury to see humans as disjoint from the technology we've created for much longer.

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Examples

  • One way to say that is that they are disjoint sets.

  • The committee established three disjoint teams to handle the project tasks, ensuring they didn't overlap.

  • And it was kind of striking how how disjoint these two world views were.

  • So these are two disjoint subsets that make up E OK?

  • The examples were divided into ten disjoint subsets of equal size.

    Blog text (2)

  • The new hierarchy is specified as a set of disjoint clusters of objects.

    Academic text (1996)

  • A sum type corresponds to a disjoint union of the constituent types, and it is used to express multiple possibilities.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The members of today's Supreme Court either have forgotten or have ignored that principle because current Supreme Court doctrine mistakenly treats the two concepts as disjoint sets.

    Academic text (2016)

  • In mathematics, two disjoint sets cannot have any elements in common, which helps define their unique characteristics.

  • The researchers classified the data into several disjoint categories, each targeting a specific aspect of the subject.

Synonyms

mutually exclusive
vsdisjoint
18 6.4

Not able to happen or be true at the same time

refers specifically to no shared members between collections
disjunct
vsdisjoint
  • Specialized
9.9

Found in separate areas as groups that are not connected

describes separation of groups rather than strict lack of shared elements

Antonyms

joint
571 3.5

Shared by two or more groups

Surface Forms

disjoint positive

Morphology

disjoint = joint (semi-transparent) = dis + joint

The prefix 'dis-' typically negates or reverses the meaning of the base word, but the specific mathematical meaning of 'disjoint' as 'having no elements in common' is specialized.

Etymology

Disjoint comes from the parts dis- 'apart' and joint 'joined'. So it literally means 'not joined', which helps you remember that disjoint sets have no overlap and share nothing.