单词	discontinuity
释义	discontinuitydis‧con‧ti‧nu‧i‧ty /ˌdɪskɒntəˈnjuːəti $ -kɑːntəˈnuː-/ noun (plural discontinuities) Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But suddenly, marking the transition to the Tertiary, there is a sharp global discontinuity in everything. It is argued that cultural discontinuities between homes and schools do exist, are inevitable and are to be celebrated. None of the paths so far described involves a discontinuity. Opponents of this interpretation had to stress the discontinuity of the development in order to undermine the plausibility of evolutionism. That point is marked by a sharp boundary known as the Mohorovicic discontinuity, or Moho. The thesis comes into its own with respect to industrial policy where significant discontinuities in policy can be attributed to the government changing hands. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectivecontinualcontinued ≠ discontinuedcontinuous ≠ discontinuousnouncontinuation ≠ discontinuationcontinuity ≠ discontinuityadverbcontinuallycontinuouslyverbcontinue ≠ discontinue 1[countable] a sudden change or pause in a processdiscontinuity between the policy discontinuities between the present and previous governments2[uncountable] when a process is not continuous:  discontinuity in economic development
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