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Continuous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Continuous? [adj] 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 gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks" [adj] (mathematics) of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity Synonyms \| Synonyms for Continuous: around-the-clock \| ceaseless \| consecutive \| constant \| continual \| day-and-night \| dogging \| endless \| free burning \| incessant \| never-ending \| nonstop \| perpetual \| persisting \| round-the-clock \| straight \| sustained \| unceasing \| uninterrupted \| unremitting Related Terms \| Find terms related to Continuous: abiding \| accordant \| ageless \| alike \| articulated \| automatic \| balanced \| catenated \| ceaseless \| chronological \| coeternal \| concatenated \| connected \| consecutive \| consistent \| consonant \| constant \| continual \| continued \| continuing \| correspondent \| cyclical \| dateless \| direct \| durational \| durative \| endless \| equable \| equal \| eternal \| eterne \| even \| ever-being \| ever-durable \| ever-during \| everlasting \| everliving \| ever-recurring \| featureless \| flat \| frequent \| gapless \| haunting \| homogeneous \| immediate \| immemorial \| immutable \| incessant \| indefatigable \| indestructible \| infinite \| interminable \| invariable \| joined \| jointless \| lasting \| level \| linked \| measured \| mechanical \| methodic \| monolithic \| monotonous \| never-ceasing \| never-ending \| nonstop \| nonterminating \| nonterminous \| of a piece \| olamic \| ordered \| orderly \| perdurable \| perennial \| periodic \| permanent \| perpetual \| persistent \| reappearing \| recurrent \| recurring \| regular \| remaining \| repetitive \| returning \| revenant \| robotlike \| round-the-clock \| running \| seamless \| sempiternal \| sequent \| sequential \| serial \| serried \| smooth \| stable \| staying \| steadfast \| steady \| sticking \| straight \| sustained \| systematic \| temporal \| thematic \| thick-coming \| tight \| timeless \| twenty-four-hour \| ubiquitous \| unbroken \| unceasing \| unchangeable \| unchanged \| unchanging \| undeviating \| undifferentiated \| undiversified \| undying \| unending \| uniform \| unintermitted \| unintermittent \| unintermitting \| uninterrupted \| unrelieved \| unremitting \| unruffled \| unstopped \| unvaried \| unvarying \| without end See Also \| unbroken Continuous In Webster's Dictionary \Contin"uous\, a. [L. continuus, fr. continere to hold together. See {Continent}.] 1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. he can hear its continuous murmur. --Longfellow. 2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. {Continuous brake} (Railroad), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine. {Continuous impost}. See {Impost}. Syn: {Continuous}, {Continual}. Usage: Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of ``a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.'' Continual, in most cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid, etc. See {Constant}.

Continuous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Continuous?

[adj] 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 gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"
[adj] (mathematics) of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity

See Also | unbroken

Continuous In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*tin"u*ous\, a. [L. continuus, fr. continere to
hold together. See {Continent}.]
1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without
   intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken;
   continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted;
   extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous
   current of electricity.

         he can hear its continuous murmur.    --Longfellow.

2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not
   interrupted; not joined or articulated.

{Continuous brake} (Railroad), a brake which is attached to
   each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the
   cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the
   engine.

{Continuous impost}. See {Impost}.

Syn: {Continuous}, {Continual}.

Usage: Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the
       continuity or union of parts is absolute and
       uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a
       continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel
       Webster speaks of ``a continuous and unbroken strain
       of the martial airs of England.'' Continual, in most
       cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of
       things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak
       of continual showers, implying a repetition with
       occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as
       liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual
       applications for aid, etc. See {Constant}.

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