disjunctive proposition

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• Disjunctive proposition — Disjunctive Dis*junc tive, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.] 1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. Disjunctive notes. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Disjunctive — Dis*junc tive, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.] 1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. Disjunctive notes. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [1913 Webster] {Disjunctive… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Disjunctive conjunction — Disjunctive Dis*junc tive, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.] 1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. Disjunctive notes. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Disjunctive syllogism — Disjunctive Dis*junc tive, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.] 1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. Disjunctive notes. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Disjunctive — Dis*junc tive, n. (a) (Gram.) A disjunctive conjunction. (b) (Logic) A disjunctive proposition. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• disjunctive — dis•junc•tive [[t]dɪsˈdʒʌŋk tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) serving or tending to disjoin 2) gram. a) syntactically setting two or more expressions in opposition to each other, as but in poor but happy, or expressing an alternative, as or in this or that[/ex]… …   From formal English to slang

• disjunctive — adj. & n. adj. 1 involving separation; disjoining. 2 Gram. (esp. of a conjunction) expressing a choice between two words etc., e.g. or in asked if he was going or staying (cf. COPULATIVE). 3 Logic (of a proposition) expressing alternatives. n. 1… …   Useful english dictionary

• disjunctive clause — (Grammar) clause which contains at least one disjunctive proposition (proposition that sets two or more concepts in opposition to each other) …   English contemporary dictionary

• disjunctive — disjunctively, adv. /dis jungk tiv/, adj. 1. serving or tending to disjoin; separating; dividing; distinguishing. 2. Gram. a. syntactically setting two or more expressions in opposition to each other, as but in poor but happy, or expressing an… …   Universalium

• disjunctive — [dis juŋktiv, dis′juŋktiv] adj. [ME disjunctif < L disjunctivus] 1. disjoining; separating or causing to separate 2. having to do with disjunction 3. Gram. indicating a contrast or an alternative between words, clauses, etc. [in “John or Bob… …   English World dictionary

• disjunctive — adjective 1》 lacking connection. 2》 Grammar (of a conjunction) expressing a choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities, for example or in she asked if he was going or staying.     ↘Logic (of a proposition) expressing alternatives. noun… …   English new terms dictionary