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It only concerns the probability of a particular disjunctive sentence that expresses a disjunction of various possible sequences of experimental or observational outcomes.
Now it is intuitively plausible that something makes a disjunction true either by making one disjunct true or by making the other disjunct true (Mulligan, Simons, & Smith 1984: 316).
Note that while quantifier moves pertain to 'objects out there' (elements of the domain), moves for conjunction and disjunction concern syntactic items (conjuncts and disjuncts).
For starters, "Bachelors are unmarried or the moon is blue" is a logical consequence of "Bachelors are unmarried"—its denial contradicts the latter (a denial of a disjunction is a denial of each disjunct)—but clearly nothing about the color of the moon is remotely "contained in" the concept bachelor.
Thus, to defend a conjunction, a player must be able to defend any of the conjuncts, while in the case of a disjunction , it is sufficient to be able to defend one of the disjuncts.
The disjunction between the Sinn Féin MP's claim and the testimony of a servant of the state like ex-Garda commissioner Pat Byrne puts a question mark over McGuinness's honesty.
The smaller the simulation, the bigger the disjunction between the tasks necessary in reality and those on the computer.The opposite extreme is exemplified by OneSaf, a large-scale simulation being developed by the army in Orlando, Florida.
Certainly in his early works the "young eagle" could seem a rather wooden bird, determinedly plotting a formal course rather than flying freely.Although Brahms's composition grew ever more relaxed and supple, some listeners still discern an occasional disjunction in his pieces between real inspiration and the bald application of method with its "stink of the workshop".
The disjunction between the grammar (singular) and meaning (plural) is the reason why many people, when they need a pronoun to go with everyone, choose they, them and their (Everyone came to the party with their husband or wife).Everyone is hardly the only case where grammatical number and actual meaning part ways.
Rather, it is for a kind of Indian literature and literary sensibility, which he reveres, and now is scarce.Written over a 15-year period, in which he has excelled as a novelist and academic, Mr Chaudhuri's essays elucidate an Indian modernist tradition, which he finds rooted in 19th-century Bengali humanism and is characterised by "ellipsis and disjunction".
Four factors cause this disjunction between perception and reality.Always look on the dark side of lifeOne is the lopsidedness built into scientific research.
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The primary grammatical function of "disjunction" is as a noun , often referring to the act of disjoining, a state of being disjoined, or a logical operator. Ludwig examples show its use in both abstract logical contexts and concrete descriptions of separation.
Expression frequency: Very common
