discontinuous (diskontinuus)

[= Sp. des continuo = It. dis continuo, A path that is zigzag, discontinuous , and intersected. De Quincey. Matter is discontinuous in the highest degree, for it consists of separate particles or molecules which are mutually non-interpenetrable. A. Daniell , Prin. of Physics, p. 225. 21. Breaking continuity; severing the relation of parts; disjunctive. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro convolved; so sore The griding sword with discontinuous wound Pa 'd through him. 3. In math. See the extract. 1652 = discordance