disjunct

Meanings

• progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
• having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
• marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; - Scientific Monthly
  • "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"
• used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations
  • "disjunct distribution of king crabs"

Synonyms

isolated