non-continuous

adjective

1. uninterrupted in time; without cessation: continuous coughing during the concert.
2. being in immediate connection or spatial relationship: a continuous series of blasts; a continuous row of warehouses.
3. Grammar. progressive(def 7).

adjective

1. prolonged without interruption; unceasinga continuous noise
2. in an unbroken series or pattern
3. maths (of a function or curve) changing gradually in value as the variable changes in value. A function f is continuous if at every value a of the independent variable the difference between f(x) and f(a) approaches zero as x approaches aCompare discontinuous (def. 2) See also limit (def. 5)
4. statistics (of a variable) having a continuum of possible values so that its distribution requires integration rather than summation to determine its cumulative probabilityCompare discrete (def. 3)
5. grammar another word for progressive (def. 8)

adj.1640s, from French continueus or directly from Latin continuus “uninterrupted, hanging together” (see continue). Related: Continuously. adj.

1. Uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent.
2. Attached together in repeated units.

1. Relating to a line or curve that extends without a break or irregularity.
2. A function in which changes, however small, to any x-value result in small changes to the corresponding y-value, without sudden jumps. Technically, a function is continuous at the point c if it meets the following condition: for any positive number ε, however small, there exists a positive number δ such that for all x within the distance δ from c, the value of f(x) will be within the distance ε from f(c). Polynomials, exponential functions, and trigonometric functions are examples of continuous functions.