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Discontinuity   /dɪskˌɑntɪnˈuɪti/   Listen
Discontinuity

noun
1.
Lack of connection or continuity.



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"Discontinuity" Quotes from Famous Books



... variations were observed in the nature of the shock. These changes were due to the mere size of the focus, to its elongated form and, as will be seen, to its discontinuity, and also to the distance of the place ...
— A Study of Recent Earthquakes • Charles Davison
... convinced of this truth is every experimenter, that if his results present any deviation from it, he always assumes that it is he who has made some mistake or oversight, never that there is indeterminism or discontinuity ...
— Logic - Deductive and Inductive • Carveth Read
... electric conductor is cut, broken, or opened by a switch or other device, or simply by discontinuity of ...
— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone


Words linked to "Discontinuity" :   separation, continuity, discontinuous


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