disjoint

About 0.56 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
2. adjective Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
3. adjective Of two or more elements in a lattice, having a meet equal to the bottom element.
4. verb To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.

   to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint poultry by carving

5. verb To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.

   a disjointed speech

6. verb To fall into pieces.

Similar words

separate dissociate disunite disjoin disarticulate divorce dissassociate pairwise undisjointed disjunct

Often followed by

sets from subsets paths union and reference events in

Word family

disjointed disjointing disjoints