ALL meanings of disjunction
dis·junc·tion
D d - noun disjunction the act of disjoining or the state of being disjoined: a disjunction between thought and action. 1
- noun disjunction Logic. Also called disjunctive, inclusive disjunction. a compound proposition that is true if and only if at least one of a number of alternatives is true. Also called exclusive disjunction. a compound proposition that is true if and only if one and only one of a number of alternatives is true. the relation among the components of such a proposition, usually expressed by AND or V. 1
- noun disjunction A lack of correspondence or consistency. 1
- noun disjunction act of disjoining; disunion, separation. 0
- noun disjunction state of being disjoined. 0
- noun disjunction (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator. 0
- noun disjunction (mathematics) a logical operator that results in true when some of its operands are true. 0
- noun disjunction (biology) During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II). 0
- noun disjunction the act of disconnecting or the state of being disconnected; separation 0
- noun disjunction the separation of the chromosomes of each homologous pair during the anaphase of meiosis 0
- noun disjunction the operator that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences and corresponds to the English or 0
- noun disjunction a sentence so formed. Usually written p∨q where p, q are the component sentences, it is true (inclusive sense) whenever either or both of the latter are true; the exclusive disjunction, for which there is no symbol, is true when either but not both disjuncts is 0
- noun disjunction the relation between such sentences 0
- noun disjunction a disjoining or being disjoined; separation 0
- noun disjunction the relation between the alternatives of a disjunctive proposition 0
- noun disjunction a disjunctive proposition 0