Definition of disjoint

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dis·joint    (ds-joint) KEY 

VERB:
dis·joint·ed, dis·joint·ing, dis·joints
VERB:
tr.

1. To put out of joint; dislocate.
2. To take apart at the joints.
3. To destroy the coherence or connections of.
4. To separate; disjoin.

VERB:
intr.

1. To come apart at the joints.
2. To become dislocated.

ADJECTIVE:
Mathematics

Having no elements in common. Used of sets.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English disjointen, to destroy, ultimately from Old French desjoint, past participle of desjoindre, to disjoin ; see disjoin