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noncontinuous

noncontinuous

5.8
Happening with breaks in time or place
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/
translation icon : no continuo
  • The train operated on a noncontinuous schedule, making it difficult for passengers to plan their trips.

Examples

  • This dichotomy also imposes a linear narrative of feminism that does not accurately reflect the noncontinuous and contextually contingent nature of Indigenous women's practices.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Neither cause of action applied to noncontinuous activity on the defendant's property that indirectly interfered with the plaintiff's property rights.

    Academic text (1999)
  • A noncontinuous step-by-step increased loading was performed.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Noncontinuous step-by-step increased loading was performed.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The use of polychoric correlations and the weighted least squares method produces correct correlations and asymptotically correct standard errors under non-normal assumptions that may occur when one or more variables are of a noncontinuous nature.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The artist's noncontinuous style shifts between different techniques, creating a unique visual experience.

  • During the noncontinuous lecture, students took breaks to discuss the material with their peers.

Synonyms

intermittent
vsnoncontinuous
35 6.5

Happening sometimes but not all the time

is a general term for lack of continued flow without implying irregular repeats
discontinuous
vsnoncontinuous
1 6.5

Having breaks or gaps, for example a line that stops and starts

is stated more generally as not continuing without interruption
interrupted
vsnoncontinuous
3.4

Happening with short pauses that stop and start again

does not require restarting and can describe simple interruptions

Antonyms

141 3.7

Without a break or gap, for example in a curve

How Continuous

continuous
141 3.7
noncontinuous
5.8
intermittent
35 6.5

Surface Forms

noncontinuous positive

Morphology

noncontinuous = continuous (transparent) = non + continuous

The productive negating prefix 'non-' attached to the adjective 'continuous' yields the straightforward meaning 'not continuous'.

Etymology

The word noncontinuous is made from non- meaning 'not' and continuous, related to continue, which means 'to go on without a break'. Think of a road with gaps or a series of separate pieces: something noncontinuous does not continue all the way and has breaks.