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Noun: discontinuity  dis,kón-tu'n(y)oo-i-tee
  1. Lack of connection or continuity
    "The discontinuity in the rock layers puzzled the geologists"

Derived forms: discontinuities

Type of: separation

Antonym: continuity

Encyclopedia: Discontinuity