discontinuity n : lack of connection of continuity [ant: continuity]

English

Noun

discontinuity

1. a lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap
2. a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change
3. a point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or not continuous

Derived terms

• Gutenberg Discontinuity
• Mohorovičić discontinuity
• discontinuous

Translations

*German: Diskontinuität

• Swedish: diskontinuitet ;point in the range of a function
• Swedish: diskontinuitet

Discontinuity can be:

• Discontinuity (mathematics), a feature of a mathematical function

Discontinuity may also refer to:

• A break in continuity (fiction), in literature
• Fracture (geology), discontinuity in rocks

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