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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

discontinuity
    n 1: lack of connection or continuity [ant: continuity]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Discontinuity \Dis*con`ti*nu"i*ty\, n.
   Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts.
   "Discontinuity of surface." --Boyle.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Discontinuity:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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