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单词 discontinued
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discontinuedadj.

Brit. /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/, U.S. /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjud/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discontinue v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < discontinue v. + -ed suffix1.
1.
a. Made discontinuous; broken off, interrupted; temporarily or permanently stopped or withdrawn.With quot. a1398 compare discontinue v. 1a. With quot. 1998 cf. discontinue v. 3b.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > [adjective]
discontinuala1398
discontinueda1398
discretea1398
discontinualc1450
uncontinued1585
disjunct1594
discontinued1624
discontinuate1625
discontinuated1634
discontinuous1645
infracted1727
uncontinuous1846
inarticulate1852
incontinuous1862
saccadic1936
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. lxiii. 423 Suche a lykynge..makeþ þe skynne discontinued and ful of bleynes.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 16 He deceiued silly men, and hath oft tymes vsed discontinued phrases, that vnder such visor he might hide his deceites.
1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 137 By renuing of the foresaid discontinued trade.
1677 G. Keith Way cast Up §9. 105 If Christ be in the Saints he must be in all men, proved from a most convincing reason, that otherwayes he would be divided from himself and in discontinued places.
1728 H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. iv. 155 This is the case of discontinued fluids, where the body, by pressing against their particles, drives them before itself, while the space behind the body is left empty.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xvii. 68 I'll see if the air, and a discontinued attention will help me.
1850 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 16 201 In this table, the ‘discontinued group’ will consist of all causes of removal from the Society, whether by death or otherwise.
1861 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Sept. 330/2 A person who has died from a discontinued supply of oxygen.
1911 Virginia Law Reg. 17 68 It was unsafe to leave a discontinued or disused wire on a house under the conditions stated.
1998 C. Hoyle Negotiating Domest. Violence vi. 154 The suspect in half of the discontinued cases was bound over to keep the peace.
2012 Cambr. Evening News (Nexis) 15 May Another [bus] will follow the route of the discontinued 19 service.
b. Of a particular product: no longer available or manufactured.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > [adjective]
ysesseda1387
ceased1556
stoppeda1586
stayedc1595
overspent1597
ended1598
arrested1611
checked1793
discontinued1886
shut-off1933
1886 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 3 Jan. 7/5 We will sell all discontinued styles at reduced prices.
1952 T. A. Staudt Manufacturers' Agent as Marketing Inst. iv. 84 Some of the more common reasons for adding to or changing merchandise lines handled are: to replace a discontinued line, [etc.].
1973 Motor Boating & Sailing Oct. 158/2 J&T says its low profile ‘six’ is an excellent replacement for the discontinued engine.
2007 Collect it! Jan. 13/2 Even though Hidden Treasures is a young collectable, there is already a secondary market for discontinued pieces.
2. Mathematics. = discontinual adj. 2. Cf. continued adj. 4a. Obsolete.
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1624 N. De Lawne tr. P. Du Moulin Elements Logick 13 Number may be counted by it selfe..but continued quantitie cannot be measured but by the helpe of the discontinued quantity.
1655 G. Wharton Apotelesma 6 What Algebraist can resolve the so long sought for Equation of three discontinued Numbers in Algebraique proportion?
1769 J. Gore Arithm. Fairly Laid Open (ed. 2) 10 Geometrical Proportion is an equality of Ratios..and is either Continued or Discontinued.
1827 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) I. 113 When the difference or ratio of the consequent of one couplet, and the antecedent of the next couplet, is not the same as the common difference or ratio of the couplets, the proportion is discontinued.
1859 T. Strong Treat. Elem. & Higher Algebra 179 a, b, c, d are said to be in discontinued arithmetical proportion.

Derivatives

disconˈtinuedness n. rare the fact or quality of being discontinued.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Discontinuedness, an Interruption or breaking off.
a1832 J. Bentham Ess. on Lang. in Wks. (1843) VIII. 326/1 We have an additional class of fictitious entities,..shortness, thickness, thinness... We might have as well as..continued, continuedness; as well as discontinued, discontinuedness.
1998 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 24 Nov. c8 The Body Shop tries to ease consumers as gently as possible into discontinuedness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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