discontinuity
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Its source was located more than 20 kilometers beneath the Mohorovičić discontinuity, commonly called the Moho, which marks the boundary between Earth's crust and the underlying mantle.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
Mr Wetmore says the industry has managed encryption transitions in the past, but “It's the sharper discontinuity that makes this threat more serious.”
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025
Moments of discontinuity can also be triggered by external forces.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2024
Relocating downtown L.A.’s official weather observation site could cause a discontinuity in the local climate record, some experts say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
He had discovered the boundary between the crust and the layer immediately below, the mantle; this zone has been known ever since as the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho for short.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
These kinds of major life events create discontinuities that scramble all kinds of personal habits—and not just those regarding transportation.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2024
Additionally, machines can take images of layers in multiple light wavelengths to spot folds and other discontinuities in the cores, which helps scientists link together and arrange the layers.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 9, 2023
Russia in the 20th century experienced two discontinuities: the 1917 revolution that created the Soviet regime, and the 1991 dissolution of that regime and the nation it had held together with gulags and barbed wire.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2022
“Breathless” is an artistic hybrid that seemed to capture the discontinuities and conflicts of modern life, half in the artificial public world created by the media and half in the deepest recesses of consciousness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
The only discontinuities here considered will be those known as ordinary discontinuities.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
