DISCONTINUITY


Meaning of DISCONTINUITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)dis-ˌkän-tə-ˈnü-ə-tē, -ˈnyü- ]

noun

Date: 1570

1. : lack of continuity or cohesion

2. : gap 5

3.

a. : the property of being not mathematically continuous

a point of discontinuity

b. : an instance of being not mathematically continuous ; especially : a value of an independent variable at which a function is not continuous

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.