Associations to the word «Disjunctive»

Wiktionary

DISJUNCTIVE, adjective. Not connected; separated.
DISJUNCTIVE, adjective. (grammar) (of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject. For example:
DISJUNCTIVE, adjective. Tending to disjoin; separating.
DISJUNCTIVE, adjective. (music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
DISJUNCTIVE, noun. (logic) A disjunction.
DISJUNCTIVE NORMAL FORM, noun. (logic) The form of a boolean formula that the formula has if the formula is a disjunction of conjunctions of literals, such as "(A and B and C) or (D and E and not F)".
DISJUNCTIVE SYLLOGISM, noun. (logic) A logical argument of the form that if there are only two possibilities, and one of them is ruled out, then the other must take place. In symbols: \(P \vee Q, \neg P \vdash Q\)
DISJUNCTIVE SYLLOGISMS, noun. Plural of disjunctive syllogism

Dictionary definition

DISJUNCTIVE, adjective. Serving or tending to divide or separate.

Wise words

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