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Meaning of discontinuous

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  discontinuous
      adj 1: of a function or curve; possessing one or more
             discontinuities [ant: {continuous}]
      2: not continuing without interruption in time or space;
         "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous
         mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat
         haphazard and discontinuous schooling" [syn: {discontinuous},
         {noncontinuous}] [ant: {continuous}, {uninterrupted}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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