disjunction
/dɪsˈdʒʌŋk(t)ʃən/noun
disjunction is spelled D-I-S-J-U-N-C-T-I-O-N: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, disjunction means “The act of disjoining; disunion, separation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of disjunction is disjunctions.
How many letters and syllables are in disjunction?
| Letters | 11: D-I-S-J-U-N-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is disjunction?
Disjunction appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce disjunction?
- UK /dɪsˈdʒʌŋk(t)ʃən/
- UK /dɪsˈdʒʊŋk(t)ʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-disjunction.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of disjunction
- disjunctions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disjunction mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of disjoining; disunion, separation.
- 2
The state of being disjoined, contrasting, or opposing.
the disjunction expressed by disjunctive conjunctions, such as but or or
- 3
The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.
- 4
A logical operator that results in “true” when any of its operands are true.
- 5
During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disjunction in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions us:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | disjonction |
| German | Disjunktion |
| Portuguese | disjunção |
| Spanish | disyunción |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does disjunction come from?
From Old French disjunction, from Latin disiunctiō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).