noncontinuous
- adjective
- /ˌnɒn.kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/
- The train operated on a noncontinuous schedule, making it difficult for passengers to plan their trips.
Examples
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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.
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Neither cause of action applied to noncontinuous activity on the defendant's property that indirectly interfered with the plaintiff's property rights.
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A noncontinuous step-by-step increased loading was performed.
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Noncontinuous step-by-step increased loading was performed.
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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.
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The artist's noncontinuous style shifts between different techniques, creating a unique visual experience.
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During the noncontinuous lecture, students took breaks to discuss the material with their peers.
Synonyms
Happening sometimes but not all the time
Having breaks or gaps, for example a line that stops and starts
Happening with short pauses that stop and start again
Antonyms
How Continuous
Surface Forms
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.