discontinuity
noun/ˌdɪs.kɒn.tɪˈnjuːɪ.ti/UK/ˌdɪs.kɑn.tɪˈnuːɪ.ti/US
Etymology
From Late Latin discontinuitās, from discontinuus, equivalent to dis- + continuity.
- derived from discontinuitās
Definitions
A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence
A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.
- structural discontinuity
- sharp discontinuity
- detect a discontinuity
A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous.
a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change
The neighborhood
- synonymdiscontinuity
- synonymnoncontinuity
- synonymunevenness
- antonymcontinuity
- neighbordiscontinuous
- neighboranacoluthon
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for discontinuity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA