epäjatkuvuus — meaning in English
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English meaning
- discontinuity noun A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.
- interregnum noun A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor.
Senses
epäjatkuvuus is used for these senses in English:
- discontinuity (mathematics) A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous. [from 19th c.]
- interregnum (by extension) An intermission in any order of succession; any breach of continuity in action or influence.
discontinuity — full definition
- noun A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.
- noun A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous.
- noun a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change
interregnum — full definition
- noun A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor.
- noun A break in continuity; a gap, an intermission.
- noun A period of time between when a minister or pastor leaves a church and when a new one is installed.
- noun A period of time between the end of one political leader's term and the start of the term of their successor; a period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended, and a polity is either left without leadership or has only a temporary one.