discontinuity
discontinuity
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- a distinct break in physical continuity or sequence in time, or sharp difference of characteristics between parts of something
（物理连续性或时间顺序上的）不连贯，间断，中断；（事物不同部分性质上的）悬殊
changes in government have resulted in discontinuities in policy.
政府更迭导致政策的不连贯。
[mass noun]there is no significant discontinuity between modern and primitive societies.
现代社会和原始社会之间并没有明显的间断。
- late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin discontinuitas, from discontinuus (see discontinuous)
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