discontinuity
Roget category 70
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[Interrupted sequence.]
Discontinuity
noun
discontinuity —
disjunction
etc.
44 —
anacoluthon† —
interruption,
break,
fracture,
flaw,
fault,
crack,
cut —
gap
etc.
(interval)
198 —
solution of continuity,
caesura —
broken thread —
parenthesis,
episode,
rhapsody,
patchwork —
intermission —
alternation
etc.
(periodicity)
138 —
dropping fire.
verb
be discontinuous
etc.
adj. —
alternate,
intermit,
sputter,
stop and start,
hesitate.
discontinue,
pause,
interrupt —
intervene —
break,
break in upon,
break off —
interpose
etc.
228 —
break the thread,
snap the thread —
disconnect
etc.
(disjoin)
44 —
dissever.
adjective
discontinuous,
unsuccessive†,
broken,
interrupted,
dicousu [Fr.] —
disconnected,
unconnected —
discrete,
disjunctive —
fitful
etc.
(irregular)
139 —
spasmodic,
desultory —
intermitting,
occasional
etc.
v.,
intermittent —
alternate —
recurrent
etc.
(periodic)
138.
adverb
at intervals —
by snatches,
by jerks,
by skips,
by catches,
by fits and starts —
skippingly†,
per saltum [Lat.] —
longo intervallo [It].
phrase
like 'angel visits few and far between'"
[Campbell].
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