discontinuity

  1. Noun.  a lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.
  2. Noun.  (geology) a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change.
  3. Noun.  (mathematics) a point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or not continuous.

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