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   Dis·con·tin·u·ous

   /ˌdiskənˈtinyo͝oəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having intervals or gaps: "a person with a discontinuous employment record"
   • ▪ (of a function) having at least one discontinuity, and whose differential coefficient may become infinite.

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘producing discontinuity’): from medieval Latin discontinuus, from dis- ‘not’ + continuus (see continuous).

   Derivatives

   • 1. discontinuously adverb

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