disjunctive medical dictionary

1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

2. Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. "Disjunctive notes." Disjunctive conjunction, one in which the major proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipse.

Origin: L. Disjunctivus: cf. F. Disjonctif.