disconnected : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disconnected	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for disconnected
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disconnected adj (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes" Synonym(s): staccato, disconnected Antonym(s): legato, smooth having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group" Synonym(s): disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose" Synonym(s): abrupt, disconnected not plugged in or connected to a power source; "the iron is disconnected" lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" Synonym(s): confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disconnect \Dis`connect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconnected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconnecting}.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected* into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke. This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. --Walsh.