Explore Discontinuity through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like separation or continuity. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Discontinuity in a sentence
Discontinuity meaning
- A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.
- A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous.
- a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change
Synonyms of Discontinuity
Using Discontinuity
- The main meaning on this page is: A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap. | A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous. | a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change
- Useful related words include: separation, continuity.
- In the example corpus, discontinuity often appears in combinations such as: the discontinuity, and discontinuity, discontinuity at.
Context around Discontinuity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Discontinuity
- In this selection, "discontinuity" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wind, visual, pressure, zone, characterization and occurs stand out and add context to how "discontinuity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a finite discontinuity of the and a wind discontinuity zone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "discontinuity" sits close to words such as abstention, actuarial and admonition, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with discontinuity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Discontinuity spacing analysis in rock masses using 3D point clouds. (10 words)
Any such jump or point discontinuity will have no tangent line. (11 words)
Finally, since differentiability implies continuity, the contrapositive states discontinuity implies non-differentiability. (12 words)
As such there is a discontinuity in the definition of the VEI between indices 1 and 2. The lower border of the volume of ejecta jumps by a factor of 100 from convert while the factor is 10 between all higher indices. (42 words)
If we are living through an inflection point, the likelihood the world is about to enter a discontinuity is high and we know relatively nothing about how it will turn out because our expectations are no longer a reliable guide. (40 words)
Consequently, the older axis extending from the courtyard of the Louvre is slightly skewed to the rest of what has become the Axe historique, but the Arc du Carrousel, at the fulcrum between the two, serves to disguise the discontinuity. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
And yet the historical record is clear: whatever changes that Ratzinger’s thinking underwent during his long career, he always understood Vatican II reform as involving both continuity and discontinuity.
If we are living through an inflection point, the likelihood the world is about to enter a discontinuity is high and we know relatively nothing about how it will turn out because our expectations are no longer a reliable guide.
The Jewish roots of the Christian priesthood spell an understanding of the priesthood that is continuity in discontinuity.
Confirming that the state has been witnessing a warmer winter, Dr. K Nagaratna, head of IMD Centre in Hyderabad, told that the state is currently in a wind discontinuity zone.
It also draws attention to the discontinuity between Trump's potential pardon pattern and that of presidents past.
It’s a mixture of a recession and a disruption and the discontinuity, and that you see visibly in supply chain.
The cowl above the cockpit and the wing-shaped main body of the dashboard extend from one front door to the other with no visual discontinuity, among other designs and functions, it adds.
We’re used to seeing shock waves in nuclear explosions, but these arise because the explosion sends a shock (pressure discontinuity) through the air.
Also the discontinuity at the ± 180° meridian must be handled with care in calculations.
Any discontinuity can be viewed as a termination impedance and substituted as Zt.
Any such jump or point discontinuity will have no tangent line.
As an example, a trace width on a printed circuit board doubled at its midsection would constitute a discontinuity.
As such there is a discontinuity in the definition of the VEI between indices 1 and 2. The lower border of the volume of ejecta jumps by a factor of 100 from convert while the factor is 10 between all higher indices.
Close-range terrestrial digital photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning for discontinuity characterization on rock cuts.
Consequently, the older axis extending from the courtyard of the Louvre is slightly skewed to the rest of what has become the Axe historique, but the Arc du Carrousel, at the fulcrum between the two, serves to disguise the discontinuity.
Coordinate singularities main A coordinate singularity (or coördinate singularity) occurs when an apparent singularity or discontinuity occurs in one coordinate frame, which can be removed by choosing a different frame.
Discontinuity spacing analysis in rock masses using 3D point clouds.
Electrical In metallic conductor systems, reflections of a signal traveling down a conductor can occur at a discontinuity or impedance mismatch.
Finally, since differentiability implies continuity, the contrapositive states discontinuity implies non-differentiability.
For example, mean field theory predicts a finite discontinuity of the heat capacity at the transition temperature, and the two-dimensional Ising model has a logarithmic divergence.
Common combinations with discontinuity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the discontinuity 6×
- and discontinuity 3×
- discontinuity at 3×
- discontinuity in 3×
- discontinuity will 2×
- discontinuity of 2×
- jump discontinuity 2×
- of discontinuity 2×