Meaning : Of a function or curve. Possessing one or more discontinuities.
Of a function or curve. Extending without break or irregularity.
continuousMeaning : Not continuing without interruption in time or space.
Example :
Discontinuous applause.
The landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas.
He received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling.
Synonyms : noncontinuous
Continuing in time or space without interruption.
A continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light.