Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage.
Jer. xvii. 4.
Dis`con*tin`u*ee" (?), n. (Law) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.
Dis`con*tin"u*er (?), n. One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.
He was no gadder abroad, not discontinuer from his convent for a long time.
Fuller.
Dis*con`ti*nu"i*ty (?), n. Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "Discontinuity of surface." Boyle.
Dis`con*tin"u*or (?), n. (Law) One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance, 2.
Dis`con*tin"u*ous (?), a. 1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.
A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence.
De Quincey.
2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. "Discontinuous wound." Milton.
Discontinuous function (Math.), 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.
Dis`con*ven"ience (?), n. Unsuitableness; incongruity. [Obs.] Bacon.
Dis`con*ven"ient (?), a. Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.
||Dis*coph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; disk + &?; to bear.] (Zoöl.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. -- Dis*coph"o*rous (#), a.
Dis"cord` (?), n. [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, - cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See Heart, and cf. Discord, v. i.] 1. 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.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Prov. vi. 19.
Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.
Burke.
2. (Mus.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.
For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m&?;&?;&?;ing.
Bacon.
Apple of discord. See under Apple.
Syn. -- Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.
Dis*cord" (?), v. i. [OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See Discord, n.] To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.]
The one discording with the other.
Bacon.
Dis*cord"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. descordable.] That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. [R.] Halliwell.
{ Dis*cord"ance (?), Dis*cord"an*cy (?), } n. [Cf. F. discordance.] State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency.
There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion.