structural discontinuity
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Discontinuity
//ˌdɪs.kɒn.tɪˈnjuːɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "discontinuity" (202 found)
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detachmentdeteriorationdeviationdifferencedisarrangementdisarticulationdisassociationdisconnectednessdisconnectiondiscontinuancedisengagementdisjointingdisjunctiondislocationdisorderdispersaldispersiondisplacementdissolutiondistance between
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disuniondivergencediversificationdiversiondiversitydivisiondivorcedivorcementdoppler effectdouble spaceeccentricityem spaceen spaceentropyepisodeerraticnessfibrillationfitfulnessfits and startsfittingflip flopflip-flopfluctuationforcible shiftfreeboardgapgradual changehair spacehalf spaceheterotopiahiatusholeimprovementincoherenceincompletenessinconsistencyinconstancyinterimintermediate spaceintermittence
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interruptioninterspaceintersticeintervalirregularityisolationjerkinessjumplacklacunaleapleewayluxationmarginmeliorationmissing linkmitigationmodificationmodulationneed
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non sequiturnonuniformitynonunionomissionopeningoutageoverthrowparenthesispartingpartitionpatchinesspausequalificationradical changere creationre-creationrealignmentred shiftredesignreformreformationremakingremovalrenewalreshapingrestructuringreversalrevivalrevivificationrevolutionripping outroomroughnessscatteringsegmentationseparatenessseparationseparatismshiftshortagesingle spacespacespace betweenspasticitysporadicitysporadicnessspottinessstaggersubdivisionsubtractionsudden changeswitchtime intervaltotal changetransitionturnturnaboutullageuncertaintyunevennessunhingingunjointingunmethodicalnessunpredictabilityunsteadinessunsystematicnessupheavaluprootingvariabilityvariationvarietyviolent changewantwantagewhimsicalitywithdrawalwobbleworseningzoning
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30 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- прекъснатост noun (lack of continuity)
- точка на прекъсване noun (point in the range of a function)
Catalan
1 entries- discontinuïtat noun (lack of continuity)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 不連續 /不连续 noun (lack of continuity)
- 不連續面 /不连续面 noun (subterranean interface)
- 不連續點 /不连续点 noun (point in the range of a function)
- 間斷點 /间断点 noun (point in the range of a function)
Dutch
2 entries- discontinuïteit noun (lack of continuity)
- discontinuïteit noun (subterranean interface)
Finnish
4 entries- epäjatkuvuus noun (lack of continuity)
- epäjatkuvuus noun (point in the range of a function)
- epäjatkuvuus noun (subterranean interface)
- epäjatkuvuuskohta noun (point in the range of a function)
Georgian
2 entries- წყვეტა noun (lack of continuity)
- წყვეტილობა noun (lack of continuity)
German
1 entries- Diskontinuität noun (lack of continuity)
Greek
4 entries- ασυνέχεια noun (lack of continuity)
- ασυνέχεια noun (point in the range of a function)
- διακοπή noun (lack of continuity)
- χάσμα noun (subterranean interface)
Hindi
1 entries- अनिरंतरता noun (lack of continuity)
Indonesian
3 entries- diskontinuitas noun (lack of continuity)
- diskontinuitas noun (point in the range of a function)
- diskontinuitas noun (subterranean interface)
Malay
1 entries- ketakselanjaran noun (point in the range of a function)
Portuguese
1 entries- descontinuidade noun (lack of continuity)
Spanish
1 entries- discontinuidad noun (lack of continuity)
Swedish
2 entries- diskontinuitet noun (lack of continuity)
- diskontinuitet noun (point in the range of a function)
Tagalog
1 entries- dikatuluyan noun (lack of continuity)
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sharp discontinuity
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detect a discontinuity
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The data shows a clear discontinuity in temperature around 1990.
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