discontinuous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
  2. adjective not continuing without interruption in time or space
    noncontinuous.
    • discontinuous applause
    • the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas
    • he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling

WordNet


Dis`con*tin"u*ous adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913