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† disconˈtinual, a. Obs.
Also 5 dys-, -tyn-, -elle.
[f. dis- 10 + continual.]
1. = discontinuous.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. xxxvi. (1495) 251 The cause and the solucion of all rootyd feuers is knowe in generall whether thei ben contynuall or dyscontynuall. c1430Art Nombrynge (E.E.T.S.) 13 Of progressioun one is naturelle or contynuelle, þat oþer broken and discontynuelle. 1611Florio, Discontinuo, discontinuall.
b. Math. Said of proportion: = discontinued.
1557Recorde Whetst. C ij b, When I saie thus: as 5. is to 15. so 6. is to 18. Here is a triple proportion, but not continualle..And therefore it is called a proportion discontinualle. 1570Billingsley Euclid v. def. vii. 131 Proportionalitie, is of two sortes; the one is continuall, the other is discontinuall. 1706in Phillips (ed. Kersey). |