Definition of Discantinuous
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- having breaks or interruptions; intermittent
- (mathematics) having at least one discontinuity
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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