discontinuous

1. 1.

   of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities

   Antonymscontinuous

   mathematics

2. 2.

   not continuing without interruption in time or space

   “discontinuous applause”

   “the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas”

   “he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling”

   Synonymsnoncontinuous

   Antonymscontinuous

   Similardisrupteddisjunct

Questions about discontinuous

What does discontinuous mean?

discontinuous means "of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in discontinuous?

discontinuous has 5 syllables: di-scon-ti-nu-ous. The stress falls on "nu".

What is another word for discontinuous?

Close synonyms include noncontinuous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of discontinuous?

The recorded antonyms are continuous, continuous.

Is discontinuous a common word?

discontinuous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.