The difference between Continuous and Disjoint
When used as adjectives, continuous means without stopping, whereas disjoint means not smooth or continuous.
Disjoint is also verb with the meaning: to render disjoint.
check bellow for the other definitions of Continuous and Disjoint
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Continuous as an adjective:
Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption
Examples:
"synonyms: nonstop"
"a continuous current of electricity"
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Continuous as an adjective:
Without intervening space; continued
Examples:
"synonyms: protracted extended"
"a continuous line of railroad"
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Continuous as an adjective (botany):
Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
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Continuous as an adjective (analysis, of a [[function]]):
Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
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Continuous as an adjective (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two [[topological space]]s):
Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
Examples:
"Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected."
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Continuous as an adjective (grammar):
Expressing an ongoing action or state.
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Disjoint as an adjective:
Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
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Disjoint as an adjective (set theory, not comparable):
Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
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Disjoint as a verb:
To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
Examples:
"to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint poultry by carving"
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Disjoint as a verb:
To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.
Examples:
"a disjointed speech"
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Disjoint as a verb (obsolete):
To fall into pieces.
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Compare with synonyms and related words:
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- continuous vs uninterrupted
- connected vs continuous
- continued vs continuous
- continuous vs extended
- continuous vs protracted
- continuous vs unbroken
- broken vs continuous
- continuous vs discontinuous
- continuous vs discrete
- continuous vs intermittent
- continuous vs interrupted
- broken vs continuous
- continuous vs disconnected
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- continuous vs unbroken
- continuous vs discontinuous
- continuous vs stepwise