discontinuity
noun/ˌdɪsˌkɒntɪˈnjuːəti/
/ˌdɪsˌkɑːntɪˈnuːəti/
(plural discontinuities)
(formal)- [uncountable] the state of not being continuous
- discontinuity in the children’s education
- [countable] a break or change in a continuous process
- Changes in government led to discontinuities in policy.
opposite continuity
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin discontinuitas, from discontinuus, from dis- ‘not’ + continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’.
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