DISCONTINUITIES Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

discontinuities

noun

plural of discontinuity

as in gaps

an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge) microscopic discontinuities in the connecting wires

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as in interruptions

a break in continuity a noticeable discontinuity in the flow of the story

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Recent Examples of discontinuities Primary focus is on breakthrough technologies and applications that create discontinuities in currently evolving technology trends. — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 This is particularly true as AI generates ambiguity in business operations, whether due to discontinuities created by access suspension to models undergoing export control restrictions, or models adding watermarks that create questions of ownership. — Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Josefowicz, in her decathlon of a performance, brought Ligeti’s savage discontinuities to the surface. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Where the VisEra device does fall short is in its response to light that comes in at an angle because of discontinuities in the metasurface. — Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2023

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Noun

Now those gaps were empty, glazed only by the view of leaf-greens and sky-blues.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
MXene nanosheets fill the microscopic gaps between those fibers, locking them in place and preventing slippage under physical pressure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of gaps

Noun

Mercury opposes hazy Neptune, making expectations unclear and interruptions harder to manage.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
Additionally, customers who experience more than six electric service interruptions of at least five minutes in 12 months will receive an outage credit.

— Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of interruptions

Noun

Each pad has more than 200 ventilation holes to boost airflow around your bust to prevent you from overheating.

— Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Tiny holes in the graphite allowed the microscope’s metal tip to scan the semiconductor underneath.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of holes

Noun

This work later proved that prime numbers, while randomly scattered in small sections of the number line, appear to be regularly arranged over sufficiently large intervals.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Tickets cost £33 (about $44) and are sold in 10-minute intervals, for a 40-minute visit, but the first batch are sold out.

— Lauren Frayer, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of intervals

Noun

For tighter spaces, a cotton swab or an old toothbrush can help lift residue and reach crevices.

— Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 17 Sep. 2026
Because wicker has so many crevices in its woven design, thorough cleaning and even coverage are especially important for a comprehensive application on either real or synthetic wicker.

— Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of crevices

Noun

Manon Bannerman and Sophia Laforteza are taking separate hiatuses from Katseye; while Bannerman’s status in the group remains unknown, Laforteza’s mental-health break will continue until she’s reassessed in September.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Haircut 100, on the other hand, took some long hiatuses as a band.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of hiatuses

Noun

Some deepfakes still have telltale flaws such as unnatural facial movements, lip-sync glitches, robotic speech or awkward pauses — but the technology is rapidly improving, a spokesperson for the organization said.

— Emily Elconin for CNN, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
If pauses were put in place, wouldn’t that cost your business quite a lot of money, and Anthropic’s business quite a lot of money, ahead of these critical moments in public-market debuts?

— Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

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