"discontinuous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From dis- + continuous. Etymology templates: {{af|en|dis-|continuous}} dis- + continuous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} discontinuous (not comparable)
  1. having breaks or interruptions; intermittent Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: patchy, spasmodic, discontinuous Translations (intermittent): مُتَقَطِّع (mutaqaṭṭiʕ) (Arabic), usammenhængende (Danish), afbrudt (Danish), diskontinuerlig (Danish), διαλείπων (dialeípon) [masculine] (Greek), διακεκομμένος (diakekomménos) [masculine] (Greek), neamhleanúnach (Irish), bearnach (Irish), briste (Irish), neulhiantagh (Manx), barnagh (Manx), brisht (Manx), tāmutumutu (Maori), diskontinuerlig (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-discontinuous-en-adj-02PpWQ~w Disambiguation of 'intermittent': 94 6
  2. (mathematics) having at least one discontinuity Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (in mathematics): прекъснат (prekǎsnat) (Bulgarian), nespojitý (Czech), diskontinuert (Danish), katkev (Estonian), epäjatkuva (Finnish), unstetig (German), ασυνεχής (asynechís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), diskontinuerlig (Norwegian Bokmål), diskontinuerlig (Swedish), dituluyan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-discontinuous-en-adj-IWoENaXD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dis-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 30 70 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'in mathematics': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: broken, fitful, discontinuous, intermissive, intermittent, patchy, spasmodic, stop-start Hyponyms: on-again, off-again, on-off, twinkling Derived forms: discontinuously, discontinuousness Related terms: discontinuity, in fits and starts, irregular, unsteady

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "epäjatkuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "unstetig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "asynechís",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ασυνεχής"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "diskontinuerlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "diskontinuerlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in mathematics",
      "word": "dituluyan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "discontinuous"
}

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