Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not contiguous: as, discontiguous lands.
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- adjective Not
contiguous
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Examples
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These are two geographically discontiguous patches of land governed by two different factions — different enough that they have a recurrent habit of massacring one another in the streets.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010
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The greatest impact is on comics, which can be chopped into discontiguous frames on the iPad - or viewed as a strip or page.
Going digital - with 26 crows and a bucket Stroppy Author 2010
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The greatest impact is on comics, which can be chopped into discontiguous frames on the iPad - or viewed as a strip or page.
Archive 2010-05-01 Stroppy Author 2010
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Angolatotal: 5,198 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km
Land boundaries 2008
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These are two geographically discontiguous patches of land governed by two different factions — different enough that they have a recurrent habit of massacring one another in the streets.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010
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There was no particular chronology, just a jumble of often discontiguous moments, as though the garrote around his chest was squeezing so hard it had pushed something vital all the way up inside his skull that was now squeezing some sort of memory secretion gland and had it working in hyperdrive, spewing out all sorts of new love/lust type crap.
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Border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km
Angola 2009
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There was no particular chronology, just a jumble of often discontiguous moments, as though the garrote around his chest was squeezing so hard it had pushed something vital all the way up inside his skull that was now squeezing some sort of memory secretion gland and had it working in hyperdrive, spewing out all sorts of new love/lust type crap.
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Land boundaries: total: 5,198 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km
Angola 2008
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The air dates for the discontiguous marathon are now October 1st to 15th, 4PM - 9PM EST on Mondays through Fridays.
September 2004 2004
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