discontinuousnessn.
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊəsnəs/ The quality, condition, or fact of being discontinuous; = discontinuity n. 1. Chiefly with of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > [noun]
solution of continuity1543
discontinuity1570
discontinuation1605
discontiguity1632
discreteness1835
discontinuousness1837
brokenness1842
discretion1848
incontinuity1865
1837 J. G. MacVicar On Beautiful, Picturesque, Sublime ii. vi. 118 I advance as the principle of beauty in lines..smoothness or gradual variation, in opposition to angularity and discontinuousness.
1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (ed. 2) 43 Why is there no trace of that Law in the Inorganic world? Is not this another instance of the discontinuousness of Law?
1913 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 July 74/1 The discontinuousness of the symptoms in his hundred cases of gastric ulcer during the last two years.
1978 D. M. Raup & S. M. Stanley Princ. Paleontol. (ed. 2) ix. 199 One of the most striking illustrations of the discontinuousness of sediment deposition comes from study of preserved animal burrows.
2004 D. F. Ross Distribution iv. 252 The discontinuousness of customer demand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1837