disjunction (disjungkshon)

[= OF. disjoinction, desjoinccion, F. disjonction = Sp. dis yuncion = Pg. disjuncção = It. disgiunzione, distinction. The disjunction of the body and the soul. South , Sermons. All thought is a comparison, a recognition of similarity or difference; a conjunction or disjunction .. of its objects. In Conception - that is, in the forming of concepts (or general notions) - it compares, disjoins, or conjoins attributes. Sir W. Hamilton , Logic, i. It is presupposed that there are "two kinds" of consciousne , one individual, the other universal. And the fact will be found to be, I imagine, that consciousne is the unity of the individual and the universal; that there is no purely individual or purely universal. So the dis junction made is meaningle . IMG:content-2811.png:[blocks in formation] Maxwell color-disks, disks having each a single color, and slit radially so that one may be made to lap over another to any desired extent. By rotating them on a spindle, the effect of combining certain colors in varying prop or disjuncture (dis-jungk'tur), n. [= OF. des- jointure, desjoincture = It. disgiuntura ; as dis- junct +-ure. Cf.juncture.] The act of disjoin- ing, or the state of being disjoined; separation; tions can be studied. - Newton's disk, a cardboard disk disjunction. Bruises, disjunctures, or brokenne of bones. Good win, Works, II. iv. 347.