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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. state of being disconnected;
[syn: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness]

2. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding);
- Example: "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"
- Example: "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"
[syn: gulf, disconnect, disconnection]

3. the act of breaking a connection;
[syn: disconnection, disjunction]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Disconnection \Dis`con*nec"tion\, n. The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union. [1913 Webster] Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

disconnection n 1: state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] [ant: connectedness, connection, link] 2: an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy" [syn: gulf, disconnect, disconnection] 3: the act of breaking a connection [syn: disconnection, disjunction]