Antonyms of adj continuous

2 senses of continuous

Sense 1
continuous (vs. discontinuous), uninterrupted -- (continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks")

discontinuous (vs. continuous), noncontinuous -- (not continuing without interruption in time or space; "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling")
        => disrupted -- (marked by breaks or gaps; "many routes are unsafe or disrupted")
        => disjunct -- (used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs")

Sense 2
continuous (vs. discontinuous) -- (of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity)

discontinuous (vs. continuous) -- (of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities)

Similarity of adj continuous

2 senses of continuous

Sense 1
continuous (vs. discontinuous), uninterrupted -- (continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks")
       => around-the-clock, day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock -- (at all times; "around-the-clock nursing care")
       => ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting -- (uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger")
       => continual -- (`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption))
       => dogging, persisting -- (relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears")
       => endless -- (having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole; "an endless chain")
       => free burning, sustained -- ((of an electric arc) continuous; "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs")
       => straight, consecutive -- (successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days")
       => sustained -- (maintained at length without interruption or weakening; "sustained flight")
          Also See-> unbroken#1

Sense 2
continuous (vs. discontinuous) -- (of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity)

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