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discontinuity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | separation |
| Derivation | discontinuous |
Examples of discontinuity
discontinuity
There's also an amazing discontinuity as far as what students are interested in.
From the businessweek.com
You might see less discontinuity in your own tens-of-millions year long history.
From the scienceblogs.com
The site was later occupied without discontinuity until the mid Byzantine period.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The triaxial test can be used to determine the shear strength of a discontinuity.
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In effect, this removes the discontinuity aspect for these modes of transport.
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Why should there be a discontinuity in the growth graph at some magic figure?
From the economist.com
There was a discontinuity that presented growth opportunities in the wireless area.
From the time.com
A type of discontinuity that must be investigated to see if it is rejectable.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Both continuity and discontinuity are emphasized in the text of the Cylinder.
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- Lack of connection or continuity
- (discontinuous) of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
- For Michel Foucault (1926-84), discontinuity and continuity reflect the flow of history and the fact that some "things are no longer perceived, described, expressed, characterised, classified, and known in the same way" from one era to the next. (1994).
- A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap; a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change; a point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or not continuous
- (DISCONTINUITIES) A variety of small or large disfigurations in a fastener such as pits (slight depressions on the surface), tool marks, voids (small cracks), laps, folds and seams (slightly bunched or folded material at the corners of a fastener), and inclusions (a slight non-metallic impurity ...
- (Discontinuous) the current fluctuates during the cycle goes down to zero at the end of each cycle
- Any interruption in the normal physical structure or configuration of a part, such as cracks, laps, seams, inclusions or porosity. A discontinuity may or may not affect the usefulness of a part.
- Comparatively large contrast in meteorological elements over a relatively small distance or period of time. In oceanography, it is the abrupt change or jump of a variable at a line or surface.
- A major shift in a trend, that is so drastic that it cannot be accounted for by normal variation. An example might be the population shifts due to the baby boom. A larger scale example would be change from the industrial revolution to the information revolution.
