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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

discontinuation

Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.

Upon any

discontinuation

of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls.

Sir I. Newton.

Noun.

Breach or interruption of continuity; disruption of parts; separation of parts which form a connected series.

discontinuation ‎(plural discontinuations)

Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.