of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
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"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
He found that the sonic surface was, in general, discontinuous.他发现声速面通常是不连续的。
This differentiates them from discontinuous, short, or staple fibres.这就把它们与不连续的、短的或定长的纤维区别开来。
He received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling.他只是偶然地、断断续续地上了些学。
Space and time are both continuous and discontinuous.时间空间是连续的,又是间断的,是连续性和间断性统一。