Discontinuous Definition & Meaning

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Discontinuous

Discontinuous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Discontinuous? [adj] 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" [adj] (mathematics) of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities Synonyms \| Synonyms for Discontinuous: disjunct \| disrupted \| noncontinuous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Discontinuous: aimless \| aloof \| amorphous \| apart \| asunder \| bipartite \| broken \| broken off \| capricious \| careening \| casual \| catchy \| chopped-off \| choppy \| decousu \| desultory \| detached \| deviative \| dichotomous \| disarticulated \| disconnected \| discontinued \| discrete \| disjointed \| disjunct \| disjunctive \| disordered \| dispersed \| disproportionate \| distinct \| divergent \| eccentric \| episodic \| erratic \| fitful \| flickering \| fluctuating \| formless \| frivolous \| gapped \| gratuitous \| guttering \| halting \| haphazard \| herky-jerky \| heteroclite \| hit-or-miss \| immethodical \| in two \| inchoate \| incoherent \| inconsistent \| inconstant \| indiscriminate \| insular \| intermittent \| intermitting \| interrupted \| irregular \| jagged \| jerky \| lurching \| meaningless \| misshapen \| muddled \| nonadherent \| nonadhesive \| noncoherent \| noncohesive \| noncontinuous \| nonlinear \| nonsequential \| nonserial \| nonsymmetrical \| nonsystematic \| nonuniform \| open \| orderless \| parenthetic \| partitioned \| patchy \| planless \| promiscuous \| rambling \| random \| rough \| scrappy \| senseless \| separate \| shapeless \| snatchy \| spasmatic \| spasmic \| spasmodic \| spastic \| sporadic \| spotty \| staggering \| straggling \| straggly \| suspended \| systemless \| tenuous \| unadhesive \| unarranged \| unassociated \| unattached \| unattended \| uncertain \| unclassified \| uncoherent \| uncohesive \| unconnected \| undirected \| unequal \| uneven \| ungraded \| unjoined \| unmethodical \| unmetrical \| unordered \| unorganized \| unregular \| unrhythmical \| unsettled \| unsorted \| unsteady \| unsuccessive \| unsymmetrical \| unsystematic \| untenacious \| ununiform \| vague \| variable \| veering \| wandering \| wavering \| wobbling \| wobbly See Also \| broken \| sporadic Discontinuous In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`contin"uous\, 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.

Discontinuous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Discontinuous?

[adj] 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"
[adj] (mathematics) of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities

Synonyms | Synonyms for Discontinuous: disjunct | disrupted | noncontinuous

See Also | broken | sporadic

Discontinuous In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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