| Main Entry: | discontinuity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop |
Synonyms: |
break, cessation, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, disruption, ending, gap, halt, interruption, pause, stay, stoppage, suspension |
| Concept: | [Interrupted sequence] Discontinuity. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
discontinuity; disjunction; anacoluthon; interruption, break, fracture, flaw, fault, crack, cut; gap (interval); solution of continuity, caesura; broken thread; parenthesis, episode, rhapsody, patchwork; intermission; alternation (periodicity); dropping fire.
-verbs
be discontinuous; alternate, intermit, sputter, stop and start, hesitate., discontinue, pause, interrupt; intervene; break, break in upon, break off; interpose; break the thread, snap the thread; disconnect (disjoin); dissever.
-adjectives
discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu; disconnected, unconnected; discrete, disunctive; fitful (irregular); spasmodic, desultory; intermitting, occasional, intermittent; alternate; recurrent (periodic).
-adverbs
at intervals; by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts; skippingly, per saltum; longo intervallo.
-phrases
like "angel visits few and far between" [Campbell].
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Antonyms: |
continuity |
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| Main Entry: | breach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap |
Synonyms: |
aperture, break, chasm, chip, cleft, crack, discontinuity, fissure, hole, opening, rent, rift, rupture, slit, split |
| Notes: | breach is an infraction, gap, or break; breech is the rear or lower portion of things |
Antonyms: |
bridge, connection |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fissure, opening |
Synonyms: |
breach, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, division, fracture, gap, gash, hole, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split, tear |
Antonyms: |
association, attachment, binding, combination, fastening, juncture |
| Main Entry: | cleavage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap |
Synonyms: |
break, chasm, cleft, discontinuity, divide, division, fracture, hole, rift, schism, separation, severance, split, valley |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, crevice |
Synonyms: |
breach, chink, chip, cleft, cranny, crevasse, cut, discontinuity, division, fissure, fracture, gap, hole, interstice, interval, rent, rift, rima, rimation, rime, split |
| Main Entry: | dislocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | displacement |
Synonyms: |
break, confusion, disarray, disarticulation, disconnection, discontinuity, disengagement, disorder, disorganization, disruption, disturbance, division, luxation, misplacement, unhinging |
Antonyms: |
order, ordering |
| Main Entry: | fracture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, rupture |
Synonyms: |
breach, cleavage, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, displacement, fissure, fragmentation, gap, mutilation, opening, rent, rift, schism, severance, splinter, split, wound |
| Main Entry: | gap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, breach |
Synonyms: |
aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void |
Antonyms: |
closure |
| Main Entry: | hiatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, interruption |
Synonyms: |
aperture, blank, breach, break, chasm, discontinuity, gap, interim, interval, lacuna, lapse, opening, rift, space |
Antonyms: |
continuation, continuity |