/ Dictionary / Index D discontinuous: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: dis•con•tin•u•ous Pronunciation: (dis"kun-tin'y-us), [key] — adj. not continuous; broken; interrupted; intermittent: a discontinuous chain of mountains; a discontinuous argument. (of a function at a point) not continuous at the point. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: discontinuous (Thesaurus) discontinuity discophile Related Content Daily Word Quiz: agitated Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language