Discontinuity in a process is a lack of smooth or continuous development.
例句
The text is good in parts, but suffers from discontinuity...文章分開(kāi)看還好，但是問(wèn)題在于不連貫。There may appear to be discontinuities between broadcasts.廣播節(jié)目中可能會(huì)出現(xiàn)斷音。