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DISCONTINUOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not continuing without interruption in time or space
Example:
he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling
Synonyms:
discontinuous; noncontinuous
Classified under:
Similar:
disrupted (marked by breaks or gaps)
disjunct (used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations)
Also:
broken (not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly)
sporadic (recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances)
Antonym:
continuous (continuing in time or space without interruption)
Derivation:
discontinuity (lack of connection or continuity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
Classified under:
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Antonym:
continuous (of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity)
Derivation:
discontinuity (lack of connection or continuity)
