Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of separating or disuniting, or the state of being disunited; separation; interruption or lack of union.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Severance of a physicalconnection . - noun
Unexpected termination of atelephone connection. - noun
Absence ofrapport ; thenonexistence of, or abreakdown of,effective communication .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun state of being disconnected
- noun the act of breaking a connection
- noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Type A: The disconnection is after the left subclavian artery.
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There were no animals except quiet horses near our unit, and you might wake up to baaahs or brays during your farm stay, but the sound would be soothing to your nervous system, and start to heal our deep and disturbing disconnection from the land that sustains us.
Judie Fein: From Five Star to Farm: How About a Little Agritourism? Judie Fein 2010
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Open Rights Group, as part of our campaign against the policy of disconnection, is holding a debate on better approaches for public policy and the entertainment industry.
Boing Boing 2009
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Type C (least common): The disconnection is after the innominate artery (sometimes called the brachiocephalic artery).
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There were no animals except quiet horses near our unit, and you might wake up to baaahs or brays during your farm stay, but the sound would be soothing to your nervous system, and start to heal our deep and disturbing disconnection from the land that sustains us.
Judie Fein: From Five Star to Farm: How About a Little Agritourism? Judie Fein 2010
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Open Rights Group, as part of our campaign against the policy of disconnection, is holding a debate on better approaches for public policy and the entertainment industry.
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Despite all the disconnection from the computer, the round up is fabulous!
Weekend Herb Blogging #190 Round-Up Laurie Constantino 2009
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But if the argument against extra-judicial disconnection is so strong then surely a policy that lets network service providers keep millions of people from having a usable, fast and reliable connection to the internet must also be morally indefensible?
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Type B (most common): The disconnection is after the left carotid artery.
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I often catch myself repeating them in disconnection with any thought (Letters 650).
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