discontinuity

English

Etymology

From Late Latin discontinuitās, from discontinuus.

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
• 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
• Swedish: diskontinuitet (sv) c
• Tagalog: dikatuluyan

point in the range of a function

• Bulgarian: точка на прекъсване f (točka na prekǎsvane)
• Finnish: epäjatkuvuus, epäjatkuvuuskohta (fi)
• Greek: ασυνέχεια (el) f (asynécheia)
• Indonesian: diskontinuitas (id)
• Malay: ketakselanjaran
• Swedish: diskontinuitet (sv) c

subterranean interface

• Dutch: discontinuïteit (nl) f
• Finnish: epäjatkuvuus
• Greek: χάσμα (el) n (chásma)
• Indonesian: diskontinuitas (id)

Translations

• Manx: ^{(please verify)} barney f, ^{(please verify)} brishey m