disjunction
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The act of disjoining; disunion, separation.
- (countable, uncountable) The state of being disjoined, contrasting, or opposing.
- (countable, uncountable) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.
- (countable, uncountable) A logical operator that results in “true” when any of its operands are true.
- (countable, uncountable) During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II).
Synonyms
switching off
turn off
OR operator
logical sum
logical add
OR operation
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪsˈdʒʌŋk(t)ʃən/
Etymology
From Old French disjunction, from Latin disjunctio.
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