Part 3192

<blockquote>Thyself shalt <b>discontinue</b> from thine heritage. <i>Jer. xvii. 4.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discontinuee</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*tin`u*ee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.</def>

<h1>Discontinuer</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*tin"u*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.</def>

<blockquote>He was no gadder abroad, not <b>discontinuer</b> from his convent for a long time. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discontinuity</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*con`ti*nu"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts.</def> "<i>Discontinuity</i> of surface."

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Discontinuor</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*tin"u*or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See <er>Discontinuance</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Discontinuous</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*tin"u*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.</def>

<blockquote>A path that is zigzag, <b>discontinuous</b>, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping.</def> "<i>Discontinuous</i> wound."

<i>Milton.</i>

<cs><col>Discontinuous function</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Disconvenience</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*ven"ience</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Unsuitableness; incongruity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Disconvenient</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*ven"ient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Reynolds.</i>

<h1>Discophora</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*coph"o*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ disk + <ets><?/</ets> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dis*coph"o*rous</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Discord</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis"cord`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>discord</ets>, <ets>descord</ets>, OF. <ets>discorde</ets>, <ets>descorde</ets>, F. <ets>discorde</ets>, from L. <ets>discordia</ets>, fr. <ets>discors</ets>, <ets>-cordis</ets>, discordant, disagreeable; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>cor</ets>, <ets>cordis</ets>, heart; cf. F. <ets>discord</ets>, <ets>n.</ets>, and OF. <ets>descorder</ets>, <ets>discorder</ets>, F. <ets>discorder</ets>, to discord, L. <ets>discordare</ets>, from <ets>discors</ets>. See <er>Heart</er>, and cf. <er>Discord</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.</def>