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dis·junc·tion  audio  (ds-jngkshn) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. The act of disjoining or the condition of being disjointed.
  2. Logic
    1. A proposition that presents two or more alternative terms, with the assertion that only one is true.
    2. A proposition that presents two or more alternative terms, with the assertion that at least one is true.
  3. Genetics The separation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis.



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