“In the following sections, we re-evaluate the continuity or discontinuity of magnitude and then briefly consider whether events that might be regarded as mass extinctions can be unified by effect or cause.”

“During the performance, there was an unexpected discontinuity when the lead actor forgot his lines, causing a brief pause in the play.”

“The sudden jumps in the storyline created a noticeable discontinuity in the flow of the film.”

“Home, which is normally seen as providing both the myth of stable being and the quest for wholeness, is disrupted by this discontinuousness of being.”

“In constituting them as analytic borderlands, discontinuities are given a terrain, rather than reduced to a dividing line.”

“They loathe designer slickness and gloss and love accidents, imperfections, discontinuities and visible signs of process.”

“Any discontinuities through the metal forming the wall of the casting, however small, are potential sources of leakage.”