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discontinuous

[dis-kuhn-tin-yoo-uhs] / ˌdɪs kənˈtɪn yu əs /


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These strategies enabled the production of dense and continuous Te thin films compared to conventional methods that often resulted in porous or discontinuous grain depositions.

From Science Daily

Over the last few centuries, scientists reported that these "mats" have been "limited" and "discontinuous."

From Salon

If that did not happen, he said the union was likely to ballot its members for a withdrawal of all overtime working and a series of discontinuous 24-hour stoppages.

From BBC

Proust’s epic now feels to me sort of twee and also not discontinuous enough.

From New York Times

An assembly of discontinuous moments, the film builds up to an ethnographic and ecological sketch of Hawaii.

From New York Times