What is the meaning of the word "disjunct"?

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  1. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements copy to clipboard adjective
    • little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palmshaded well in the Sahara Scientific Monthly copy to clipboard
  2. used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations copy to clipboard adjective
    • disjunct distribution of king crabs copy to clipboard

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