discontinuity

Roget-categorie 70

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#70. [Interrupted sequence.] Discontinuity

zelfstandig naamwoord

discontinuity — disjunction etc. 44 — anacoluthon^† — interruption, break, fracture, flaw, fault, crack, cut — gap etc. (interval) 198 — solution of continuity, caesura — broken thread — parenthesis, episode, rhapsody, patchwork — intermission — alternation etc. (periodicity) 138 — dropping fire.

werkwoord

be discontinuous etc. adj. — alternate, intermit, sputter, stop and start, hesitate.
discontinue, pause, interrupt — intervene — break, break in upon, break off — interpose etc. 228 — break the thread, snap the thread — disconnect etc. (disjoin) 44 — dissever.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

discontinuous, unsuccessive^†, broken, interrupted, dicousu [Fr.] — disconnected, unconnected — discrete, disjunctive — fitful etc. (irregular) 139 — spasmodic, desultory — intermitting, occasional etc. v., intermittent — alternate — recurrent etc. (periodic) 138.

bijwoord

at intervals — by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts — skippingly^†, per saltum [Lat.] — longo intervallo [It].

uitdrukking

like 'angel visits few and far between'" [Campbell].

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