Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare
discontinuous ; not continuing without interruption
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not continuing without interruption in time or space
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word noncontinuous.
Examples
-
It's just that his preferred sort of "noncontinuous" narrative is "more realistic" than the traditional kind.
Realism in Fiction 2008
-
Because the leading lines of the cushions are noncontinuous, the lines are considered finite (or terminal) at the point they go tangent the edge of her hair.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
-
Because the leading lines of the cushions are noncontinuous, the lines are considered finite (or terminal) at the point they go tangent the edge of her hair.
-
The reasons for this minimal recovery are predominantly attributable to poor organization and planning of the work steps: too coarse or too fine grinding, insufficient classifying, inappropriate equipment selection, interrupted noncontinuous work operation, careless processing of fine-grained material, etc.
Chapter 20 1993
-
The problem is intensified by the fact that, as a rule, the beneficiation is performed as a noncontinuous operation with frequent breaks and repetition of feeding, drawing, and deposition activites, resulting in high proportions of idle time.
Chapter 20 1993
-
Especially problematic is the regulation of dosages of reagent additives used for the noncontinuous, low-recovery flotation processes.
Chapter 20 1993
-
In figure 284 there are many parallel, noncontinuous bands of different breadth, arranged in groups separated by triangles with sides parallel, and the whole united by bounding lines.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Jesse Walter Fewkes 1890
-
One of the simplest forms of the broken-line motive is a Greek fret, in which there is a break in the component square figures or where the line is noncontinuous.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Jesse Walter Fewkes 1890
-
Agreed, Dan, there is a difference between a continuous shuffling machine and a noncontinuous automatic shuffler.
Gas Drilling 2010
-
You stated, "What continuous shuffling machines and noncontinuous shufflers alike will do is to cause the average player to lose more, simply because more hands are dealt per hour."
Gas Drilling 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.