不ふ連れん続ぞく性せい

noun

discontinuity

Technical term used in mathematics, physics, geology, and other sciences to describe a lack of continuity or a break in a sequence, surface, or function.

• この関かん数すうは原げん点てんで不ふ連れん続ぞく性せいを示しめす。

  This function exhibits a discontinuity at the origin.

• 地ち層そうの不ふ連れん続ぞく性せいが地じ震しんの原げん因いんを説せつ明めいする手てがかりとなる。

  Discontinuities in the strata provide clues to explain the cause of earthquakes.