transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdis-kən-ˈtin-yə-wəs, -yü-əs ]
adjective
Date: 1718
1.
a.
(1) : not continuous
a discontinuous series of events
(2) : not continued : discrete
discontinuous features of terrain
b. : lacking sequence or coherence
2. : having one or more mathematical discontinuities — used of a variable or a function
• dis·con·tin·u·ous·ly adverb