English-Thai Dictionary

discontinuous

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ ต่อเนื่อง  ซึ่ง ไม่ ราบรื่น  ซึ่ง ไม่สม่ำเสมอ  sueng-mai-tor-nueang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISCONTINUOUS

a. 1. Broken off; interrupted.
2. Separated; wide; gaping.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISCONTINUOUS

DISCONTINUOUS Dis `con *tin "u *ous, a.

 

1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off. A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. De Quincey.

 

2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. "Discontinuous wound. " Milton. Discontinuous function (Math. ), a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change in its law of variation, or the function may become imaginary.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

discontinuous

dis con tin u ous |ˌdiskənˈtinyo͞oəs dɪskənˈtɪnjuəs | ▶adjective having intervals or gaps: a person with a discontinuous employment record. • Mathematics (of a function ) having at least one discontinuity, and whose differential coefficient may become infinite. DERIVATIVES dis con tin u ous ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘producing discontinuity ’): from medieval Latin discontinuus, from dis- ‘not ’ + continuus (see continuous ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

discontinuous

dis |con ¦tinu |ous |dɪskənˈtɪnjʊəs | ▶adjective having intervals or gaps: a person with a discontinuous employment record. DERIVATIVES discontinuously adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘producing discontinuity ’): from medieval Latin discontinuus, from dis- ‘not ’ + continuus (see continuous ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

discontinuous

discontinuous adjective a discontinuous employment record: intermittent, sporadic, broken, fitful, interrupted, on and off, disrupted, erratic, disconnected.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

discontinuous

discontinuous adjective a person with a discontinuous employment record: intermittent, sporadic, broken, fitful, interrupted, on and off, disrupted, erratic, disconnected. ANTONYMS continuous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

discontinuous

dis con tin u ous /dɪ̀skəntɪ́njuəs /形容詞 1 途切れた, 続かない, 断絶の .2 〘数 〙不連続な .～ly 副詞