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discontinuous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 wound.'' --Milton. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: discontinuous adj 1: (mathematics) of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities [ant: {continuous}] 2: 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" [syn: {noncontinuous}] [ant: {continuous}]
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