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discontinuous

adjective

not continuing without interruption in time or space

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Word length
13
Starts with
D
Ends with
S
Contains
IS
Scrabble score
16
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. not continuing without interruption in time or space

    “discontinuous applause”

adjective

  1. of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities

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Example Sentences

discontinuous applause
the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas
he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling

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