— discontinuously , adv. — discontinuousness , n.
/dis'keuhn tin"yooh euhs/ , adj.
1. not continuous; broken; interrupted; intermittent: a discontinuous chain of mountains; a discontinuous argument.
2. Math. (of a function at a point) not continuous at the point.
[ 1660-70; discontinuus. See DIS- 1 , CONTINUOUS ]