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When are two sets called disjoint?

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In set theory, two sets are called disjoint if they have no elements in common.1

Mathematically, this means that the intersection of the two sets is the empty set, denoted by $\emptyset$ . If set $A$ and set $B$ are disjoint, then $A \cap B = \emptyset$ .2