Discontinuation n. Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance. "Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls."
... expend itself in aid of the Bristol men who followed in the wake of Cabot. Henry deserves full credit for the encouragement and actual pecuniary help which he rendered at first, and no blame for its discontinuation. The daring of the adventurers was but ill repaid for the time; yet a mighty harvest was to be reaped by England ... — England Under the Tudors • Arthur D. Innes
... Perfessor, but it seems like there was a discontinuation ob de transportation facilities, when some sudden construction on de elongated tempestuousness attached to de railroad made de cars go bump! bump! Bang! ... — Through the Air to the North Pole - or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch • Roy Rockwood
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