The result is a sharp discontinuity in the evolutionary track of the star on the HR diagram.

At the Curie temperature, C shows a sharp discontinuity while the enthalpy has a change in slope.

This atDNA data shows that there are no sharp discontinuities or clusters within the European population.

Unlike water, it does not have a sharp discontinuity in the energy-vs-temperature curve.

The Middle East is a region, he observes, of great diversity and sharp discontinuity.

The transitions between each of these periods was marked by sharp discontinuities in the fossil record, with more gradual changes within the periods.

However, this introduces a sharp discontinuity between atoms inside and atoms outside the radius.

Even such obviously black-and-white distinctions as alive/dead or male/female turn out, on close examination, to be more like a continuous merging than a sharp discontinuity.

The wizards see a sharp discontinuity between life and non-life.

This basic scheme is not able to handle shocks or sharp discontinuities as they tend to become smeared.