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
Happening with short pauses that stop and start again
Having breaks or gaps, for example a line that stops and starts
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.