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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dis-kon-tn-oo-i-tee, -yoo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs kɒn tnˈu ɪ ti, -ˈyu- |
Definition of discontinuity
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- This discontinuity of area must be taken along with two other facts.
- Extract from : « The Natural History of the Varieties of Man » by Robert Gordon Latham
- At any rate, it is somewhat above this discontinuity that magma is formed.
- Extract from : « The Flaming Mountain » by Harold Leland Goodwin
- The discontinuity of farm objects on hand virtually rules out the telling of a coherent and complete history of agriculture.
- Extract from : « Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology » by John T. Schlebecker
- This causes an 'area of discontinuity of flow', or eddy, which results in 'negative pressure', causing an upward suction.
- Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 » by Various
- In either case, however, there has been displacement; and the displacement is the inference from the discontinuity.
- Extract from : « Man and His Migrations » by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
- When is it that we pass judgment on the discontinuity and incoherence between our successive dreams?
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, » by Various
- Exterior limitability and interior divisibility result equally from the possibility of discontinuity.
- Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker
- But the inspection of these changes gives us no right to believe that there has been any discontinuity in natural processes.
- Extract from : « Lectures on Evolution » by Thomas Henry Huxley
- Discontinuity of moisture is the cause of deserts, just as continuity is the necessary condition of forest growth.
- Extract from : « The Red Man's Continent » by Ellsworth Huntington
- This conclusion, which implies great breaks or discontinuity in the series, appears to me improbable in the highest degree.
- Extract from : « On the Origin of Species » by Charles Darwin
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