discontinuity

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discontinuity

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discontinuity (plural discontinuities)

A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap. [from 16th c.]
- 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 57:
  Shock waves are sudden discontinuities propagated in compressible media – usually air.
(mathematics) A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous. [from 19th c.]
(geology) a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change

lack of continuity

point in the range of a function

subterranean interface