DISCONTINUOUS

discontinuous, noncontinuous

(adjective) 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”

discontinuous

(adjective) of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

discontinuous (not comparable)

having breaks or interruptions; intermittent

Synonyms: patchy, spasmodic, Thesaurus:discontinuous

Antonym: continuous

(mathematics) having at least one discontinuity

Antonym: continuous

Source: Wiktionary

Dis`con*tin"u*ous, a.

1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off. A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. De Quincey.

2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. "Discontinuous wound." Milton. Discontinuous function (Math.), a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change in its law of variation, or the function may become imaginary.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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