discontinuously

This formula has all sorts of problems starting with the fact that it makes no allowance for the possibility that one's income might discontinuously rise from a negative number (net of student loans) at, say, age 22.

Wealth and Self-Control, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Although the precise nature of the ecological changes depended upon location, the overall picture was one of widespread rapid replacement of the open, discontinuously vegetated tundra and polar desert that characterized most ice-free areas during the late-glacial period by closed tundra.

Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels 2009

If X is discontinuously manifest within W then P, "W manifests X as a feature," may be true or false at any one point within W.

Archive 2007-04-01 Hal Duncan 2007

A zone of high and moderate risk potential is projected to extend discontinuously around the Arctic Ocean, indicating high potential for coastal erosion.

Infrastructure and climate in the Arctic 2009

If X is discontinuously manifest within W then P, "W manifests X as a feature," may be true or false at any one point within W.

A Response to a Response Hal Duncan 2007

Hawking, Horowitz and Ross found that the entropy of a charged black hole approached a smooth limit as the charge was increased, but discontinuously went to zero exactly at extremality.

Where Does the Entropy Go? Sean 2009

Among discontinuously distributed species, such as those living on remote islands, this pattern can be obscured by differences in local effective population sizes.

Effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009

We found that the volume of spacetime between the two horizons approached a smooth limit as the charge was increased, but discontinuously disappeared exactly at extremality.

Where Does the Entropy Go? Sean 2009

As a result, investors can anticipate and plan for the potential effects of these relatively turbulent trading days. because of the slope of the yield curve a small random shock will cause it to normalize discontinuously and a The Crash will develop.

What If you Called 411 and The Crash Answered? 2009

Intelligence is distributed in a bell-shaped curve, but beauty is bestowed discontinuously, on the star system.

Beyond The Bell Curve 2008