Discontinuity may refer to:
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Discontinuity (casting)
A casting defect is an undesired irregularity in a metal casting process. Some defects can be tolerated while others can be repaired, otherwise they must be eliminated. They are broken down into five main categories: ''gas porosity'', ''shrinkage ...
, an interruption in the normal physical structure or configuration of an article
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Discontinuity (geotechnical engineering), a plane or surface marking a change in physical or chemical properties in a soil or rock mass
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Discontinuity (mathematics)
Continuous functions are of utmost importance in mathematics, functions and applications. However, not all functions are continuous. If a function is not continuous at a point in its domain, one says that it has a discontinuity there. The set of a ...
, a property of a mathematical function
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Discontinuity (linguistics)
In linguistics, a discontinuity occurs when a given word or phrase is separated from another word or phrase that it modifies in such a manner that a direct connection cannot be established between the two without incurring crossing lines in the tr ...
, a property of tree structures in theoretical linguistics
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Discontinuity (Postmodernism) Discontinuity and continuity according to Michel Foucault reflect the flow of history and the fact that some "things are no longer perceived, described, expressed, characterised, classified, and known in the same way" from one era to the next. (1994 ...
, a conception of history as espoused by the philosopher Michel Foucault.
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Revolutionary breach of legal continuity
Revolutionary breach of legal continuity is a concept in English constitutional law, which rationalises the historic English behavior when one King (or regime) was deposed and a de facto ruler was recognised as the new de jure monarch (or republic ...
*A break in
continuity (fiction)
In fiction, continuity is a consistency of the characteristics of people, plot, objects, and places seen by the reader or viewer over some period of time. It is relevant to several media.
Continuity is particularly a concern in the production of ...
, in literature
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Fracture (geology), discontinuity in rocks
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Discontinuity (transmission lines), a step in impedance causing reflections
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