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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Discontinuous \Dis`con*tin"u*ous\, a.
1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.
[1913 Webster]
A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and
intersected at every turn by human negligence. --De
Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping.
``Discontinuous wound.'' --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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) 2.0 : [ wn ]
discontinuous
adj 1: 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]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
discontinuous
a.
1 having breaks or interruptions; intermittent
2 (lb en mathematics) having at least one discontinuity
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
discontinuous
a.
1 having breaks or interruptions; intermittent
2 (lb en mathematics) having at least one discontinuity
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
discontinuous
a.
1 having breaks or interruptions; intermittent
2 (lb en mathematics) having at least one discontinuity
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
discontinuous
a.
1 having breaks or interruptions; intermittent
2 (lb en mathematics) having at least one discontinuity
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
discontinuous
Engelska a.
(tagg språk=en matematik) diskontinuerlig
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
متقطع
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
прекъснат
in mathematics
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
nesouvislý
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
přerušovaný
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
diskontinuální
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
diskontinuierlich
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
unstetig [math.]
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
unterbrochen, nicht zusammenhängend
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
epäjatkuva
in mathematics
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
diskontinuiran, diskontinuirano
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
1. diszkontinuus
2. összefüggéstelen
3. nem folytonos
4. szakaszos
5. megszakításos
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
diskontinuerlig
in mathematics
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
discontinuous /dɪskəntˈɪnjuːəs/
1. devamsız, fasılalı, ayrılmış, ayrı, aralıklı. discontinuously fasıla ile, aralıklı olarak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
139 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 不连续的,中断的,间断的;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 不连续的,中断的,间断的
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