Word family noun continuation ≠ discontinuation continuity ≠ discontinuity adjective continual continued ≠ discontinued continuous ≠ discontinuous verb continue ≠ discontinue adverb continually continuously
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdiscontinuousdis‧con‧tin‧u‧ous /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəs◂/ adjective formal CONTINUOUS#not continuousExamples from the Corpus
discontinuous• The wave can not be discontinuous.• The discontinuous change constitutes a scientific revolution.• Somehow, a continuous process-natural selection-has given rise to discontinuous entities called species.• Psychotic illness itself is frequently a discontinuous event and mostly inimical to organised thought.• Yet others had correctly calculated that they were too old or their employment patterns too discontinuous to be eligible for pensions. 