discontiguous
Broken into parts
Discontiguous means not touching or not connected, with gaps between parts.
The term appears mostly in technical contexts: discontiguous memory in computing, discontiguous territories in geography.
It's the negation of contiguous—where contiguous things share a border or form an unbroken sequence, discontiguous things are separated by intervening space.
Not directly beside
- separatedPut or kept apart
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- discreteIndividually separate, unconnected
- isolatedSeparated from others
detached · disjoint · gapped · interspersed · scattered · dispersed · fragmented · broken
Surrounded distinct territory
- exclaveGeographically separated political territory
- islandWater-bounded land mass
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
outlier · detached · separated · isolated · fragmented · partitioned · divided · discontinuous
Broken mid-course
- intermittentOccurring at irregular intervals
- sporadicOccurring irregularly, infrequently
- discontinuousHaving breaks or gaps
- brokenDamaged beyond function
gapped · nonconsecutive · nonsequential · periodic · episodic · irregular · spaced · staggered
Broken into pieces
- segmentedDivided into sections
- nonsequentialNot in continuous order
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- distributedDivided and given out
partitioned · chunked · split · discontinuous · gapped · broken · dispersed · allocated
nonadjacent
Not directly beside
- separatedPut or kept apart
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- discreteIndividually separate, unconnected
isolated · detached · disjoint · gapped · interspersed · scattered · dispersed · fragmented · broken · interrupted
enclave
Surrounded distinct territory
- exclaveGeographically separated political territory
- islandWater-bounded land mass
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
archipelago · outlier · detached · separated · isolated · fragmented · partitioned · divided · discontinuous · remote
interrupted
Broken mid-course
- intermittentOccurring at irregular intervals
- sporadicOccurring irregularly, infrequently
- discontinuousHaving breaks or gaps
broken · gapped · nonconsecutive · nonsequential · periodic · episodic · irregular · spaced · staggered · punctuated
fragmented
Broken into pieces
- segmentedDivided into sections
- nonsequentialNot in continuous order
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
distributed · partitioned · chunked · split · discontinuous · gapped · broken · dispersed · allocated · sparse
discontiguouscontiguous
Sharing a common boundary
adjacent · adjoining · continuous · connected · abutting
discontiguouscontinuous
Without pause or gap
contiguous · uninterrupted · sequential · consecutive · unbroken
contingency, contingent, contiguous, contiguity, contiguously, noncontiguous, contiguousness