discontinuity
/dis-kon-tn-oo-i-tee, -yoo-/US // ˌdɪs kɒn tnˈu ɪ ti, -ˈyu- //UK // (dɪsˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ) //
间断性,不连续性,不连续,间断
Related Words
interruption中断,中辍,中断事件,中断作用pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足ending结束,结束时,结尾,结束语stoppage停工,停机,停顿,停产stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留break突破,休息,断裂,断disruption中断,干扰,混乱,破坏性discontinuance停产,终止,中断,中止cessation戒断,戒烟,停止,戒酒suspension悬挂,暂停,悬浮液,悬浮物gap差距,间隙,空隙,空白discontinuation停产,中断,中止,终止conclusion结论,结语,总结,结束语cutoff切断,切断点,切断线,切口
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural dis·con·ti·nu·i·ties.
- : lack of continuity; irregularity: The plot of the book was marred by discontinuity.
- : a break or gap: The surface of the moon is characterized by major discontinuities.
- : Mathematics. a point at which a function is not continuous.
- : Geology. a zone deep within the earth where the velocity of earthquake waves changes radically.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Synonyms
break突破,休息,断裂,断cessation戒断,戒烟,停止,戒酒conclusion结论,结语,总结,结束语cutoff切断,切断点,切断线,切口discontinuance停产,终止,中断,中止discontinuation停产,中断,中止,终止disruption中断,干扰,混乱,破坏性ending结束,结束时,结尾,结束语gap差距,间隙,空隙,空白halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足interruption中断,中辍,中断事件,中断作用pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留stoppage停工,停机,停顿,停产suspension悬挂,暂停,悬浮液,悬浮物
Examples
A breakdown on any of them can create the kind of chaos and discontinuity just saw in the Suez.
Species are definitely discontinuous, and this is the only discontinuity which Nature shows us.
The idea of continuous evolution is here maintained in opposition to Comte's and Mill's philosophy of discontinuity.
In any other way, as far as I can see, there will be a discontinuity at some point on the inhabited part of the earth.
His main thesis is the absence of all essential difference and all absolute discontinuity between living and not-living matter.
But the inspection of these changes give us no right to believe that there has been any discontinuity in natural processes.
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