0 the action of unfastening something, especially breaking the connection between a device or piece of equipment and an electricity, gas or water supply, or the internet, etc. :
This key lock prevents inadvertent disconnection of the computer.
On several occasions there were accidental disconnections of the intravenous line.
Customers who don't pay the deposit within 10 days would face disconnection.
The city temporarily stopped disconnections so that people would not lose service during the severe heat.
They can identify the location of the phone at the time of disconnection.
1 the feeling or fact of being separate from someone or something else, and not fitting well together or understanding each other:
The judge ordered the disconnection of all computers that have access to individual trust data.
It is useful to measure CO2 to indicate disconnection of the breathing system or ventilator.
The gas company said she had been notified that she faced disconnection.
The company reviewed its policies for disconnections following a lawsuit.
There is, unfortunately, a widespread sense of disconnection between the country's institutions and its citizens.
I experienced a feeling of immense disconnection from society at large.
There is a disconnection between humans and other plant and animal species.
He seems to suffer no after-effects from this terrible experience, and this kind of emotional disconnection appears throughout the book.
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