different between subterranean vs discontinuity

subterranean

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subterraneus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?s?bt???e?ni?n/
  • Hyphenation: sub?ter?ra?ne?an

Adjective

subterranean (comparative more subterranean, superlative most subterranean)

  1. below ground, under the earth, underground

Synonyms

  • subterraneous, subterrene, underground, hypogean

Related terms

  • terranean

Translations

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  • what are subterranean termites
  • what do subterranean termites look like


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

discontinuity From the web:

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  • what discontinuity theory
  • discontinuity meaning
  • what discontinuity of matter
  • discontinuity what does it mean
  • what is discontinuity in math
  • what is discontinuity in geography
  • what is discontinuity in calculus
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