DISCONTINUITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Lack of connection or continuity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("discontinuity" is a kind of...):

separation (the state of lacking unity)

Antonym:

continuity (uninterrupted connection or union)

Derivation:

discontinuous (not continuing without interruption in time or space)

discontinuous (of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities)