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Discontinuous

Dis`con`tin´u`ous
a.1.Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.
A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence.
- De Quincey.
2.Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping.
Discontinuous function
(Math.) a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change in its law of variation, or the function may become imaginary.
Adj.1.discontinuous - of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
Antonyms:
continuous - of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
2.discontinuous - not continuing without interruption in time or space; "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling"
Synonyms: noncontinuous
Antonyms:
continuous, uninterrupted - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"
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