discontinuity
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noun \(ˌ)dis-ˌkän-tə-ˈnü-ə-tē, -ˈnyü-\Definition of DISCONTINUITY
1
: lack of continuity or cohesion
2
: gap 5
3
a : the property of being not mathematically continuous <a point of discontinuity> b : an instance of being not mathematically continuous; especially : a value of an independent variable at which a function is not continuous
See Examples of DISCONTINUITY
- There is a sense of discontinuity between the book's chapters.
- <microscopic discontinuities in the connecting wires>
First Known Use of DISCONTINUITY
1570
Related to DISCONTINUITY
- Synonyms
- breach, break, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, interstice, interval, opening, rent, rift, separation, void
- Antonyms
- continuation, continuity
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