Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

discontinuous

Syllabification: (dis·con·tin·u·ous)
Pronunciation: /ˌdiskənˈtinyo͞oəs/

Definition of discontinuous

adjective

  • having intervals or gaps:a person with a discontinuous employment record
  • Mathematics (of a function) having at least one discontinuity, and whose differential coefficient may become infinite.

Derivatives

discontinuously

adverb

Origin:

mid 17th century (in the sense 'producing discontinuity'): from medieval Latin discontinuus, from dis- 'not' + continuus (see continuous)

discontinuous in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of discontinuous in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

Word of the day

merrythought

/ ˈmerēˌTHôt /
noun
the wishbone of a bird …