a. 不连续的, 断续的, 间断的

[法] 中断的, 不连续的, 间断的

Discontinuous \Dis`con*tin"u*ous\, a.
1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.

A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and
intersected at every turn by human negligence. --De
Quincey.

2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping.
``Discontinuous wound.'' --Milton.

{Discontinuous function} (Math.), a function which for
certain values or between certain values of the variable
does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The
discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt
change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change
in its law of variation, or the function may become
imaginary.