Discontinuous

Word DISCONTINUOUS
Character 13
Hyphenation dis con tin u ous
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Discontinuous"

What do we mean by discontinuous?

Marked by breaks or interruptions; intermittent. adjective

Consisting of distinct or unconnected elements, such as the physical features of a landscape. adjective

Being without sequential order or coherent form. adjective

Possessing one or more discontinuities, as a function. adjective

Broken off; interrupted; lacking continuity.

Breaking continuity; severing the relation of parts; disjunctive.

In mathematics See the extract.

Not continuous; interrupted; broken off. adjective

Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. adjective

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. adjective

Having breaks or interruptions; intermittent adjective

Having at least one discontinuity adjective

Of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities adjective

Not continuing without interruption in time or space adjective

Having breaks or interruptions; intermittent

Having at least one discontinuity

Kill yourself. Urban Dictionary

When a person is mid way through an activity or task, but suddenly decides that there is something much more important they should be doing like replying to a text, or making daisy chains or even something very simple like deciding whether or not you need to take a shit. This syndrome is a reoccurring affliction that doesn't have a current cure. Side effects include - severely untidy home, unfinished paperwork, unemployment and even death. You can simply overcome this syndrome by not being a fucking moron and finishing what you started. EXAMPLE; *hoovering carpet but stops half way through* Person; "oooo I could really do with a shag" *leaves Hoover and goes to local brothel* Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Discontinuous

The word "discontinuous" in example sentences

The authors have used the flowering date in a second model and that uses what I call a discontinuous function, and that would not involve solving for roots or at least as I see it. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Galileo introduces B lock Selection (sometime called discontinuous selection): the ability to select a box of text regardless of the line breaks or any other white-spaces. ❋ Zvikico (2009)

Phillip A. Sharp in 1977 independently discovered that genes could be discontinuous, that is, a given gene could be present in the genetic material (DNA) as several, well-separated segments. ❋ Unknown (1993)

Particular discontinuities continue to surprise even if the idea of discontinuous form — which Eliot himself was to forsake — is now almost as familiar as its sober counterpart. ❋ Ellmann, Richard (1971)

In recent years Bateson in particular has championed the idea of saltatory, or so-called discontinuous evolution, and has collected a number of cases in which more or less marked variations have suddenly appeared. ❋ Gustav Schwalbe (1880)

In this sense, de-Manian discontinuity is more radical "discontinuous" than discontinuity itself, that is, than any form of the discontinuous we can conceive of. ❋ Unknown (2005)

LLC, explains, "While a lot of attention gets paid to the higher data rates associated with HSPA+, 3G operators are actually placing equal or even greater emphasis on other key HSPA+ features, such as discontinuous data reception and transmission, which can dramatically extend the battery life and improve overall network efficiency." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Michael Thelander, chief executive officer of the analysis firm Signals Research Group explains, "While a lot of attention gets paid to the higher data rates associated with HSPA+, 3G operators are actually placing equal or even greater emphasis on other key HSPA+ features, such as discontinuous data reception and transmission, which can dramatically extend the battery life and improve overall network efficiency." ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is likely to be a "discontinuous" strike, similar to the 2006 walk-out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Multiple selection (sometimes known as "discontinuous" or "additive" selection) for manipulating several chunks of text at once ❋ Unknown (2008)

Because we expense R&D and external developer advances, we have kind of discontinuous events that cross from one fiscal period to the next, and so we could spend 18 months or more developing a game or an MMO, have pure, dilutive, R&D OpEx in the P&L, and then when we ship the product or when we turn the MMO on live and start generating subscription revenue, it comes at a significantly higher margin. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Please discontinue your life. ❋ Hi, I'm Steve (2018)

dumbass moron [affliction] syndrome [capiche] absolute [arsehole] discontinuation syndrome ❋ MasterCuntwalker (2016)

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