noncontinuous
adjective
non·con·tin·u·ous
ˌnän-kən-ˈtin-yü-əs 
: not continuous: such as
a
: having one or more interruptions in a sequence or in a stretch of time or space
a noncontinuous hiking trail
b
mathematics
: not mathematically continuous (see continuous sense 2)
a noncontinuous function
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Another strategy that the ATC has been promoting in recent years is the flip-flop—a noncontinuous thru-hike.
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Karen Berger, Outside Online, 28 June 2021
There, Russia maintains the noncontinuous territory of Kaliningrad, a militarized outpost between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic coast and studied by NATO as the potential area where trouble could begin.
—Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 14 May 2020
Inside the book were hundreds of pages of delicate pen-and-ink renderings of brain cells by the 20th-century Spanish scientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, who discovered the noncontinuous nature of neurons, which communicate across a minuscule gap.
—Lizzie Feidelson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
Early storylines ■ Wellesley looks to increase its close lead over Needham (62-60-9) in teh country’s oldest noncontinuous high school rivalry.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2019
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Karen Berger, Outside Online, 28 June 2021
There, Russia maintains the noncontinuous territory of Kaliningrad, a militarized outpost between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic coast and studied by NATO as the potential area where trouble could begin.
—Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 14 May 2020
Inside the book were hundreds of pages of delicate pen-and-ink renderings of brain cells by the 20th-century Spanish scientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, who discovered the noncontinuous nature of neurons, which communicate across a minuscule gap.
—Lizzie Feidelson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
Early storylines ■ Wellesley looks to increase its close lead over Needham (62-60-9) in teh country’s oldest noncontinuous high school rivalry.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2019
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“Noncontinuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noncontinuous. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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