Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discontinuation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discontinuation \Dis`con*tin`u*a"tion\, n. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
discontinuation
n : the act of discontinuing [syn: {discontinuance}] [ant: {continuance},
{continuance}]
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