DISCONTINUITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does discontinuity mean? 

• DISCONTINUITY (noun)
  The noun DISCONTINUITY has 1 sense:

1. lack of connection or continuity

  Familiarity information: DISCONTINUITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISCONTINUITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lack of connection or continuity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("discontinuity" is a kind of...):

separation (the state of lacking unity)

Antonym:

continuity (uninterrupted connection or union)

Derivation:

discontinuous (not continuing without interruption in time or space)

discontinuous (of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities)

 Context examples 

The integer assigned to a localized pathological or traumatic structural change, damage, deformity, or discontinuity of tissue, organ or body part.

(Lesion Number, NCI Thesaurus)

A localized pathological or traumatic structural change, damage, deformity, or discontinuity of tissue, organ, or body part.

(Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

Issue associated with any structural discontinuity in the material; collective term for cracks, splitting etc.

(Fracture of Medical Device Material, Food and Drug Administration)