disjunct

adj 1: (music) progressing melodically by intervals larger than a

major second [ant: {conjunct}]

2: (zoology) having deep constrictions separating head, thorax,

and abdomen, as in insects

3: marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements;

"little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and

unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"-

Scientific Monthly [syn: {isolated}]

4: used of distributions, as of statistical or natural

populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs"