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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dis·con·tin·u·ous /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjəwəs/
 (a.)不連續的,中斷的,間斷的

From: Network Terminology

 discontinuous
 不連續

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·con·tin·u·ous a.
 1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.
    A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence.   --De Quincey.
 2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. Discontinuous wound.”
 Discontinuous function Math., a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change in its law of variation, or the function may become imaginary.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 discontinuous
      adj 1: of a function or curve; possessing one or more
             discontinuities [ant: continuous]
      2: not continuing without interruption in time or space;
         "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a
         discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he
         received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling"
         [syn: noncontinuous] [ant: continuous]