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

When populations become geographically discontinuous, that free-flow of alleles is prevented.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Mendel had discovered the discontinuous nature of genes, Fisher knew, because he had chosen highly discrete traits and crossed pure-breeding plants to begin with.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee