discontinuous Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
adjective not continuing without interruption in time or space
noncontinuous.
- discontinuous applause
- the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas
- he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling

Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.
A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. De Quincey.
Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. "Discontinuous wound." Milton.