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discontinuity

English

Etymology

From Late Latin discontinuit?s, from discontinuus.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?sk?nt??nju??ti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?d?sk?nt??nu??ti/

Noun

discontinuity (plural discontinuities)

  1. A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap. [from 16th c.]
    • 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 57:
      Shock waves are sudden discontinuities propagated in compressible media – usually air.
  2. (mathematics) A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous. [from 19th c.]
  3. (geology) a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change

Derived terms

  • Gutenberg discontinuity
  • Mohorovi?i? discontinuity
  • discontinuous

Translations

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intermission

English

Etymology

From Latin intermissi?, from intermitt?.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?nt??m???n/
  • Rhymes: -???n

Noun

intermission (plural intermissions)

  1. A break between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.

Derived terms

  • intermissionless

Related terms

  • intermit
  • intermittent

Translations

Anagrams

  • misinsertion, nitrosimines

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