discontinuity / ˌdɪs kɒn tnˈu ɪ ti, -ˈyu- /

💦中学词汇间断性不连续性不连续间断

discontinuity 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural dis·con·ti·nu·i·ties.

  1. lack of continuity; irregularity: The plot of the book was marred by discontinuity.
  2. a break or gap: The surface of the moon is characterized by major discontinuities.
  3. Mathematics. a point at which a function is not continuous.
  4. Geology. a zone deep within the earth where the velocity of earthquake waves changes radically.

discontinuity 近义词

n. 名词 noun

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更多discontinuity例句

  1. A breakdown on any of them can create the kind of chaos and discontinuity just saw in the Suez.
  2. Species are definitely discontinuous, and this is the only discontinuity which Nature shows us.
  3. The idea of continuous evolution is here maintained in opposition to Comte's and Mill's philosophy of discontinuity.
  4. 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.
  5. His main thesis is the absence of all essential difference and all absolute discontinuity between living and not-living matter.
  6. But the inspection of these changes give us no right to believe that there has been any discontinuity in natural processes.