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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 (current term) discontinuous culture discontinuous phase discontinuous sterilization discontinuously

discontinuousness disconvenience disconvenient discopathy discophile discophiles discophilia discophora discophore discophores

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