adjective. undefined

adjective. Marked by breaks or interruptions; intermittent.

adjective. Consisting of distinct or unconnected elements, such as the physical features of a landscape.

adjective. Being without sequential order or coherent form.

adjective. Possessing one or more discontinuities, as a function.

Broken off; interrupted; lacking continuity.

Breaking continuity; severing the relation of parts; disjunctive.

In mathematics See the extract.

adjective. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.

adjective. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping.

adjective. 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.

adjective. having breaks or interruptions; intermittent

adjective. having at least one discontinuity

adjective. of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities

adjective. not continuing without interruption in time or space

"The authors have used the flowering date in a second model and that uses what I call a discontinuous function, and that would not involve solving for roots or at least as I see it."

continuous  

improperly discontinuous group  inconsequent  intermittent  recurrent  

disjunct  disrupted  

discontinuity  

4-bit  choppy  contractile  cyclical  desultory  

aimless  aloof  amorphous  apart  asunder