Discontinuous
[dɪskən'tɪnjʊəs] or [,dɪskən'tɪnjuəs]
Definition
(adj.) not continuing without interruption in time or space; 'discontinuous applause'; 'the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas'; 'he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling' .
(adj.) of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities .
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Definition
(a.) Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.
(a.) Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping.
Checker: Stella
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Interrupted, broken off.
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Examples
- It is equally fatal to an aim to permit capricious or discontinuous action in the name of spontaneous self-expression. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Life had at first, it must be remembered, only a discontinuous repetition of consciousness, as the old died and the young were born. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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