discontinuous

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These strategies enabled the production of dense and continuous Te thin films compared to conventional methods that often resulted in porous or discontinuous grain depositions.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

Over the last few centuries, scientists reported that these "mats" have been "limited" and "discontinuous."

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023

"Whether this is better or worse than having several temporary contracts is debatable," said Miguel Angel Malo, professor of economics at the University of Salamanca, referring to the discontinuous contracts.

From Reuters • Dec. 19, 2022

This results in pieces of DNA being replicated in a discontinuous fashion.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The past has become discontinuous, like stones skipped across water, like postcards: I catch an image of myself, a dark blank, an image, a blank.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood