discontinuity
Syllables: dis·con·ti·nu·i·tyUK/ˌdɪs.kɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/US/ˌdɪs.kɑn.tɪˈnu.ɪ.ti/
discontinuity noun: a lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.
Noun
discontinuity (plural discontinuities)
- A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.
- structural discontinuity
- sharp discontinuity
- A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous.
- a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change
discontinuity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
discontinuity in Hindi
- lack of continuity
- अनिरंतरता anirantartā
discontinuity in Tamil
- தொடர்ச்சியின்மை, ஒடிதல்
discontinuity in Urdu
- علیحدی, فاصلہ
discontinuity in Malayalam
- break, disconnected-ness, disconnection
- തുടർച്ചയില്ലായ്മ, നെെരന്തര്യമില്ലായ്മ, നിന്നുപോകൽ, അറുതി, വിച്ഛേദം, വിച്ഛേദനം
More languagesFewer languages
- discontinuity in Tagalog
- dikatuluyan
- discontinuity in Malay
- ketakselanjaran
- discontinuity in Indonesian
- diskontinuitas
Examples of discontinuity in a sentence
- detect a discontinuity
- The data shows a clear discontinuity in temperature around 1990.
- Geologists noted a discontinuity between the two rock layers.
Synonyms of discontinuity
Antonyms
Forms of discontinuity
| plural | discontinuities |
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Origin of discontinuity
From Late Latin discontinuitās, from discontinuus, equivalent to dis- + continuity.
Words formed from discontinuity
- discontinuity systematics
- Gutenberg discontinuity
- Moho discontinuity
- Mohorovičić discontinuity
- Mohorovicic discontinuity
Words that rhyme with discontinuity
Questions about discontinuity
- What does discontinuity mean?
- Discontinuity means a lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.
- What is discontinuity in Hindi?
- Discontinuity in Hindi is अनिरंतरता (anirantartā). See Discontinuity meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use discontinuity in a sentence?
- detect a discontinuity
- What part of speech is discontinuity?
- Discontinuity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce discontinuity?
- Discontinuity is pronounced /ˌdɪs.kɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of discontinuity?
- The plural of discontinuity is discontinuities.
Words near discontinuity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: discontinuity (page history and authors); discontinuity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discontinuity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discontinuity (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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