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Definition of Discontinuous

1. Adjective. Of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities.

2. Adjective. Not continuing without interruption in time or space. "He received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling"

Definition of Discontinuous

1. a. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.

Definition of Discontinuous

1. Adjective. having breaks or interruptions; intermittent ¹

2. Adjective. (mathematics) having at least one discontinuity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discontinuous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Discontinuous

1. 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 wound. " Discontinuous function, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discontinuous

discontinuances discontinuation discontinuation test discontinuations discontinue discontinued discontinuee discontinuees discontinuer discontinuers

discontinues discontinuing discontinuities discontinuity discontinuity in the flow discontinuous discontinuous culture discontinuous phase discontinuous sterilization discontinuously

discontinuousness disconvenience disconvenient discopathy discophile discophiles discophilia discophora discophore discophores

Literary usage of Discontinuous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on the Theory of Functions of Real Variables by James Pierpont (1912)
"Examples of Discontinuous Functions 465. In volume I, 330 seq. and 348 seq., we have given ... On the other hand, F is discontinuous at any point e of ..."

2. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"Such differences are also known as abnormal, definite, or discontinuous variations ... DeVries—Discontinuous Evolution.—The observations of DeVries upon the ..."

3. Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable by Andrew Russell Forsyth (1893)
"The preceding groups of substitutions, that have complex coefficients, have been assumed to be properly discontinuous. Ex. Prove that, if any group of ..."

4. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1904)
"... for indicating relative temperatures, and its indications may be either continuous or discontinuous according to the property of matter employed. ..."

5. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1898)
"OXE OF THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH Discontinuous STERILIZATION MAY BE INEFFECTIVE. ... Discontinuous heating at 100° C. is regarded as co-ordinate and ..."

6. Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus by William Anthony Granville (1904)
"Continuous and discontinuous functions. A function f(x) is said to be ... The function is said to be discontinuous for x=a if this condition is not ..."

7. Lectures on the Calculus of Variations by Oskar Bolza (1904)
"Discontinuous SOLUTIONS We must now free ourselves from the ... the theorem holds that also discontinuous solutions must satisfy Euler* s differential ..."

8. An Introduction to Continuity, Extrema, and Related Topics for General by Robert J. Adler (1990)
"Discontinuous Processes. Up until this point we have concentrated on finding conditions under which a Gaussian process X is continuous, and, ..."

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