discontinuance, discontinuation
(noun) the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
discontinuation (countable and uncountable, plural discontinuations)
Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.
Synonym: suspension
(medicine) The process of quitting a course of treatment with a drug.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`con*tin`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discontinuation.]
Definition: Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance. Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls. Sir I. Newton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 November 2024
(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
