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jump discontinuity — Math. a discontinuity of a function at a point where the function has finite, but unequal, limits as the independent variable approaches the point from the left and from the right. Cf. jump (def. 60). * * * … Universalium
jump — jumpable, adj. jumpingly, adv. /jump/, v.i. 1. to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window. 2. to rise suddenly or quickly: He jumped from his seat when she entered … Universalium
Jump cut — A jump cut is a cut in film editing where the middle section of a continuous shot is removed, and the beginning and end of the shot are then joined together. The technique breaks continuity in time and produces a startling effect. Any moving… … Wikipedia
jump — Synonyms and related words: Highland fling, abandon, abscond, absquatulate, accept, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, advantage, aggrandizement, airlift, amble, ambush, amplification, anabasis,… … Moby Thesaurus
jump cut — noun an immediate transition from one scene to another • Hypernyms: ↑cut * * * noun : a discontinuity or acceleration in the action of a filmed scene brought about by removal of medial portions of the shot ; broadly : an abrupt transition (as in… … Useful english dictionary
jump cut — an abrupt, disorienting transitional device in the middle of a continuous shot in which the action is noticeably advanced in time and/or cut between two similar scenes, either done accidentally (a technical flaw or the result of bad editing) or … Glossary of cinematic terms
discontinuity — Synonyms and related words: Doppler effect, about face, abstraction, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alienation, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, arrearage, arrhythmia, betterment, breach, break, brokenness, caesura, capriciousness,… … Moby Thesaurus
Classification of discontinuities — Jump point redirects here. For the science fiction concept, see jump drive. Continuous functions are of utmost importance in mathematics and applications. However, not all functions are continuous. If a function is not continuous at a point in… … Wikipedia
Gibbs phenomenon — In mathematics, the Gibbs phenomenon (also known as ringing artifacts), named after the American physicist J. Willard Gibbs, is the peculiar manner in which the Fourier series of a piecewise continuously differentiable periodic function f behaves … Wikipedia
Mathematical singularity — In mathematics, a singularity is in general a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined, or a point of an exceptional set where it fails to be well behaved in some particular way, such as differentiability. See Singularity theory… … Wikipedia
