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How to use discontinuity in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Discontinuity means a lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap. Example: “The data shows a clear discontinuity in temperature around 1990.”

Examples of discontinuity by meaning

nounA lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.

  • detect a discontinuity
  • The data shows a clear discontinuity in temperature around 1990.
  • Geologists noted a discontinuity between the two rock layers.

More sentences with discontinuity

  • Surrealism only represented the artist’s darker, more tragic aspect in its ”decay, aimlessness, discontinuity, unrelatedness, and unexplicableness.”1990, Siegfried Pflegerl, “Ad REINHARDT”, in Die vollendete Kunst (overall work in German), Vienna; Cologne: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, section…. From the entry unexplicableness
  • Classical Kleinian groups are discrete subgroups of Möbius transformations which act on the Riemann sphere with a nonempty region of discontinuity.2013, Angel Cano, Juan Pablo Navarrete, Seade Kuri José Antonio, Complex Kleinian Groups, page 1. From the entry Möbius transformation
  • However, the more sensitive infrared system was able to detect this discontinuity at ambient temperatures without the benefit of a hotgun.2003, John E. White, Edward J. Tucholski, Robert E. Green Jr, “Nondestructive testing of aircraft and spacecraft wiring”, in Materials…. From the entry hotgun
  • The Gibbs phenomenon is characteristic of Fourier series at a discontinuity, its size being proportional to the magnitude of the discontinuity.1974, K. F. Riley, Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences, Cambridge University Press, page 197. From the entry Gibbs phenomenon
  • However, the Co-deficient samples undergo a transition from halfmetallic to metallic, with a discontinuity in the saturation magnetization at the transition point.2015, Khan Enamullah, D. D. Johnson, K. G. Suresh, Aftab Alam, “Half-metallic, CrCo-based quaternary Heuslers for spintronics: defect- and…. From the entry halfmetallic
  • But the continuity of this identity exists in, and only in, its perpetual salvagings and reconstructions in the face of repeated disruptions and discontinuities.2000, Derek Sayer, The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History, page 16. From the entry salvaging
  • At a point of discontinuity, the oscillations accompanying the Gibbs phenomenon have an overshoot of approximately 18% of the amplitude of the discontinuity.1999, Werner S. Weiglhofer, Kenneth A. Lindsay, Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications, page 121. From the entry Gibbs phenomenon
  • Against the discontinuity presupposed by a libertarian position on free will, Franklin thinks there is set “the whole development and ethos of scientific thought”.1984, S[elwyn] A[lfred] Grave, “‘Australian Materialism’”, in A History of Philosophy in Australia, St Lucia, Qld: University of…. From the entry libertarianly
  • Compared with control animals, in rabbits treated with acetylsalicylic acid for 14 days small discontinuities were observed in glycocalix, and epithelium was disorganized and slightly vacuolized.2015 August 29, Ana M. Sahagún et al., “Study of the protective effect on intestinal mucosa of the hydrosoluble fiber Plantago ovata…. From the entry vacuolize
  • Of particular interest are the subcatastrophic failures, in which the overall mechanical integrity is maintained and there are no obvious geometric changes or discontinuities in the capsular ligament.2005, Charles Richard Clark, Edward C. Benzel, Cervical Spine Research Society. Editorial Committee, The Cervical Spine (Lippincott…. From the entry subcatastrophic
  • Various subcategories of discontinuity (implicit, internal, modal, external) can be applied, to demonstrate the adaptational and disorientative function of art within different media and historical periods.2001, Ken Ireland, Sequential Dynamics of Narrative. From the entry disorientative
  • In order to determine the orientation of permeable joint zones, the evaluation of the borehole televiewer data allows a precise measurement of the planar discontinuities at the borehole wall.1992, J. C. Bresee, Geothermal Energy in Europe: The Soultz Hot Dry Rock Project, →ISBN. From the entry televiewer

Meaning of discontinuity

  1. noun A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.
  2. noun A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous.
  3. noun A subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change.

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Questions about discontinuity in a sentence

How do you use discontinuity in a sentence?
Discontinuity is used as a noun. For example: “The data shows a clear discontinuity in temperature around 1990.”
What is a short sentence with discontinuity?
“detect a discontinuity”
What does discontinuity mean?
Discontinuity means a lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.

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