the act of disconnecting or the state of being disconnected; separation
2. cytology
the separation of the chromosomes of each homologous pair during the anaphase of meiosis
3. logic
a.
the operator that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences and corresponds to the English or
b.
a sentence so formed. Usually written p∨q where p, q are the component sentences, it is true (inclusive sense) whenever either or both of the latter are true; the exclusive disjunction, for which there is no symbol, is true when either but not both disjuncts is