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Definition of discontinuous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

discontinuous

adjective
 
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəs/
 
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəs/
(formal)
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  1. not continuous; stopping and starting again synonym intermittent
    • Discontinuous strike action will take place from late August to November.
    • people with discontinuous patterns of employment
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘producing discontinuity’): from medieval Latin discontinuus, from dis- ‘not’ + continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’.
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