NONCONTINUOUS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

noncontinuous

adjective

Definition of noncontinuous

as in discontinuous

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Recent Examples of noncontinuous Another strategy that the ATC has been promoting in recent years is the flip-flop—a noncontinuous thru-hike. — 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncontinuous

Adjective

In other words, the global village attempts to describe rather than celebrate a new situation, a new way of being in the western world which is disincarnate and discontinuous.

— Brian A. Cogan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 May 2026
Potentially more critical for this discontinuous tariff policy is the fact that those who paid the tariffs when imposed are likely entitled to refunds.

— Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026

Definition of discontinuous

Adjective

In Florida, a person found not guilty by reason of insanity may be placed on conditional release, which requires a treatment plan and periodic monitoring.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
The whole periodic chart of elements and metals and all kinds of chemical concoctions found their way into the ground and the groundwater.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of periodic

Adjective

Instead, forecasters are monitoring a recurrent coronal hole, an area where the sun’s magnetic field opens into space and allows faster solar wind to escape.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Among the children with recurrent brain tumors who participated in the study, three experienced particularly positive outcomes.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 14 July 2026