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NONCONTINUOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does noncontinuous mean?
• NONCONTINUOUS (adjective)
The adjective NONCONTINUOUS has 1 sense:
1. not continuing without interruption in time or space
Familiarity information: NONCONTINUOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not continuing without interruption in time or space
Synonyms:
discontinuous; noncontinuous
Context example:
he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling
Similar:
disrupted (marked by breaks or gaps)
disjunct (used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations)
Also:
broken (not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly)
sporadic (recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances)
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