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discontinuation|dɪskɒnˌtɪnjuːˈeɪʃən|
[a. F. discontinuation (14th c. in Littré), ad. med.L. discontinuātiōn-em, n. of action f. discontinuāre to discontinue: cf. continuation.]
1. The action of discontinuing.
a. = discontinuance 1.
1611Cotgr., Discontinuation, a discontinuation or discontinuing. 1649Alcoran 185 The righteous shall enjoy eternally the delight of Paradise without discontinuation. 1736Entick Proposals Chaucer's Wks. 1 Gentlemen need not fear to be imposed upon by a Discontinuation of this Work. 1862T. A. Trollope Marietta I. ii. 25 The discontinuation of the houses. 1880Contemp. Rev. July 164 No one ever dreams of the discontinuation of the race.
b. Solution of continuity; = discontinuance 1 b.
a1727Newton (J.), Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls.
2. concr. A breach or interruption of continuity.
1728Morgan Algiers I. vi. 188 Pumps [shoes] in very bad order at the Sides, with some discontinuations in the Upper Leathers.
†3. = discontinuance 3. Obs. (? error).
1721Bailey, Discontinuation [of Possession]. |