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Adjective
/kənˈtinyo͞oəs/,
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Forming an unbroken whole; without interruption,
  1. Forming an unbroken whole; without interruption
    • - the whole performance is enacted in one continuous movement
  2. Forming a series with no exceptions or reversals
    • - there are continuous advances in design and production
  3. (of a function) Of which the graph is a smooth unbroken curve, i.e., one such that as the value of x approaches any given value a, the value of f(x) approaches that of f(a) as a limit

  1. continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no ...
  2. of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
  3. (continuously) at every point; "The function is continuously differentiable"
  4. (continuously) endlessly: with unflagging resolve; "dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste"
  5. (continuousness) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption
  6. (continuity) uninterrupted connection or union
  7. In mathematics, a continuous function is a function for which, intuitively, small changes in the input result in small changes in the output. Otherwise, a function is said to be "discontinuous". A continuous function with a continuous inverse function is called "bicontinuous". ...
  8. (Continuity (broadcasting)) Continuity is a term used in broadcasting, especially in the United Kingdom (see Continuity announcers in the United Kingdom), to refer to announcements, messages and graphics played by the broadcaster between specific programmes. ...
  9. (Continuity (category theory)) In category theory, a branch of mathematics, the abstract notion of a limit captures the essential properties of universal constructions such as products and inverse limits. ...
  10. (Continuity (fiction)) In fiction, continuity (also called time-scheme) is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer over some period of time. It is of relevance to several media.
  11. (Continuity (set theory)) In mathematics, specifically set theory, a continuous function is a sequence of ordinals such that the values assumed at limit stages are the limit suprema of all ordinals in previous ones. More formally, let γ be an ordinal, and be a γ-sequence of ordinals. ...
  12. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening time; Without intervening space; continued; protracted; extended; Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated; Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x) ...
  13. (continuity) Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time; A characteristic property of a continuous function; A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a story series are accounted for in present stories
  14. (Continuously) How often companies should be listening to their customers. (The opposite of this word is "statistical sampling," or "mystery shops.") Customers don't experience your service sporadically, why should they only be able to give you feedback sporadically? Take a movie, not a snapshot!
  15. (Continuity) The terminology given to a structural system denoting the transfer of loads and stresses from member to member as if there were no connections.
  16. (Continuity) A cable (or other conducting material) has continuity when it has a low resistance, when it therefore constitutes a shortcut.
  17. (Continuity) The seamlessness of detail from one shot to another within a scene. Refers particularly to physical elements, including actor or subject actions, prop placement, lighting, and costumes.
  18. Continuity is defined at different levels, with levels C0, C1, and so on for curves and levels G0, G1, and so on for surfaces and faces. Curves that meet are said to have continuity of C0, or contact continuity. Curves that are tangent have a continuity of C1, or tangent continuity. ...
  19. (Continuity) Scheduling advertisements to appear at regular intervals over a period of time.
  20. (CONTINUITY) Maintaining continuous surveillance at a fire scene from the time of the fire until such a time when the investigation is considered complete. Also used in electrical descriptions such as the electrical circuit was complete.
  21. (CONTINUITY) Prepared copy for a radio program . . . a script.
  22. (CONTINUITY) The Dalek Chronicles clearly do not mesh with Doctor Who continuity, where the Daleks were engineered by Davros, rather than being the results of an accidental Neutron blast that spontaneously mutates the humanoid Daleks over a two year period. ...
  23. (CONTINUITY) the relation between two things of essential identity similarity, coherence or harmony; the lack of change from one principle or regime to another
  24. (Continuity) 1) Refers to making sure that the beginning balance of the equity accounts of an entity are the same as the ending balance of the equity accounts in the previous accounting period or year. ...
  25. (Continuity) 1. Connection of displaced disc tissue by a bridge of disc tissue, however thin, to tissue within the disc of origin. 2. (Non-Standard) [Connection of displaced displaced disc tissue by a substantial bridge of disc tissue to disc within the disc of origin]. 3. ...