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Disconnection

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Noun

1. disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture

state of being disconnected

2. disconnect, disconnection, gulf

an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

Example Sentences:
'he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends'
'there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy'

3. disconnection, disjunction

the act of breaking a connection

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Disconnection

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v. dis·con·nect·ed, dis·con·nect·ing, dis·con·nects
v.tr.
1. To sever or interrupt the connection of or between: disconnected the hose.
2. Electricity To shut off the current in (an appliance) by removing its connection to a power source.
v.intr.
To sever or interrupt a connection.
n. (dĭskə-nĕkt′)
A lack of connection; a disparity: "There is a cosmic disconnect between what the voters want and what the party of the corporate interests can give them" (Bob Herbert).

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