noncontinuous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled non-continuous

US /ˌnɑnkənˈtɪnjuəs/ UK /ˌnɒnkənˈtɪnjuəs/ See IPA manual

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1

adj
not continuous; interrupted or discrete

The data formed a noncontinuous series with several gaps.

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1 adj · not continuous; interrupted... discontinuous intermittent discrete interrupted sporadic broken

Opposites

continuous unbroken uninterrupted seamless

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Related forms continuous continue continuity

Etymology

From non- ('not') + continuous, from Latin continuus ('uninterrupted'), from continere ('to hold together'), from com- ('together') + tenere ('to hold').

continuus Latin tenere Latin

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# noncontinuous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˌnɑnkənˈtɪnjuəs
**IPA (UK):** ˌnɒnkənˈtɪnjuəs

## Meanings
1. not continuous; interrupted or discrete

## Examples
- The data formed a noncontinuous series with several gaps.

## Synonyms
- discontinuous
- intermittent
- discrete
- interrupted
- sporadic
- broken

## Antonyms
- continuous
- unbroken
- uninterrupted
- seamless

## Related Forms
- continuous
- continue
- continuity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: continuus
- Root: tenere

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + continuous, from Latin continuus ('uninterrupted'), from continere ('to hold together'), from com- ('together') + tenere ('to hold').

## AI Etymology
Noncontinuous comes from non- ('not') + continuous, from Latin continuus ('uninterrupted'), from continere ('to hold together'), from com- ('together') + tenere ('to hold'). The etymological trail includes Latin continuus, Latin tenere. The same word family includes continuous, continue, continuity. Its current adjective use means "not continuous; interrupted or discrete".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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