discontinuity

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Etymology

From Late Latin discontinuitās, from discontinuus, equivalent to dis- +‎ continuity.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.kɒn.tɪˈnjuːɪ.ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.kɑn.tɪˈnuːɪ.ti/

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• Rhymes: -uːɪti
• Hyphenation: dis‧con‧ti‧nu‧i‧ty

Noun

discontinuity (plural discontinuities)

1. A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap. [from 16th c.]
   • 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 57:

     Shock waves are sudden discontinuities propagated in compressible media – usually air.

2. (mathematics) A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous. [from 19th c.]
3. (geology) a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change

Derived terms

• discontinuity systematics
• Gutenberg discontinuity
• Moho discontinuity
• Mohorovičić discontinuity
• Mohorovicic discontinuity

Related terms

• discontinuous

Translations

lack of continuity

Bulgarian: прекъснатост f (prekǎsnatost) Catalan: discontinuïtat f Chinese: Mandarin: 不連續 / 不连续 (bùliánxù) Dutch: discontinuïteit (nl) f Finnish: epäjatkuvuus Georgian: წყვეტა (c̣q̇veṭa), წყვეტილობა (c̣q̇veṭiloba) German: Diskontinuität (de) f Greek: ασυνέχεια (el) f (asynécheia), διακοπή (el) f (diakopí) Hindi: अनिरंतरता (hi) f (anirantartā) Indonesian: diskontinuitas (id) Manx: (please verify) neulhiantynys m Portuguese: descontinuidade f Spanish: discontinuidad f Swedish: diskontinuitet (sv) c Tagalog: dikatuluyan

point in the range of a function

Bulgarian: точка на прекъсване f (točka na prekǎsvane) Chinese: Mandarin: 不連續點 / 不连续点 (bùliánxùdiǎn), 間斷點 / 间断点 (jiànduàndiǎn) Finnish: epäjatkuvuus, epäjatkuvuuskohta (fi) Greek: ασυνέχεια (el) f (asynécheia) Indonesian: diskontinuitas (id) Malay: ketakselanjaran Swedish: diskontinuitet (sv) c

subterranean interface

Chinese: Mandarin: 不連續面 / 不连续面 (bùliánxùmiàn) Dutch: discontinuïteit (nl) f Finnish: epäjatkuvuus Greek: χάσμα (el) n (chásma) Indonesian: diskontinuitas (id)

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Manx: (please verify) barney f, (please verify) brishey m