discontinuous

英 [dɪskən'tɪnjʊəs] 美[,dɪskən'tɪnjuəs]

• adj. 不连续的；间断的

1. of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities

2. not continuing without interruption in time or space;

"discontinuous applause"

"the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"

"he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling"