v. dis·joint·ed, dis·joint·ing, dis·joints v.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. v.intr. 1. To come apart at the joints. 2. To become dislocated. adj. Mathematics Having no elements in common. Used of sets. [Middle English disjointen, to destroy, ultimately from Old French desjoint, past participle of desjoindre, to disjoin; see DISJOIN.] |
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