continents
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tn noun
1.
one of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica).
2.
a comparable landmass on another planet.
3.
the mainland, as distinguished from islands or peninsulas.
4.
the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British Isles.
5.
a continuous tract or extent, as of land.
adjective
7.
exercising or characterized by restraint in relation to the desires or passions and especially to sexual desires; temperate.
8.
able to control urinary and fecal discharge.
9.
Obsolete, containing; being a container; capacious.
10.
Obsolete. restraining or restrictive.
11.
Obsolete. continuous; forming an uninterrupted tract, as land.
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continent1 (ˈkɒntɪnənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | one of the earth's large land masses (Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, North and South America, and Antarctica) |
| 2. | that part of the earth's crust that rises above the oceans and is composed of sialic rocks. Including the continental shelves, the continents occupy 30 per cent of the earth's surface |
| 3. | obsolete |
| a. mainland as opposed to islands | |
| b. a continuous extent of land | |
| [C16: from the Latin phrase terra continens continuous land, from continēre; see | |
| continental1 | |
| —adj | |
| conti'nentally1 | |
| —adv | |
| continent2 (ˈkɒntɪnənt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | able to control urination and defecation |
| 2. | exercising self-restraint, esp from sexual activity; chaste |
| [C14: from Latin continent-, present participle of continēre; see | |
| 'continence2 | |
| —n | |
| 'continency2 | |
| —n | |
| 'continently2 | |
| —adv | |
| Continent (ˈkɒntɪnənt) | |
| —n | |
| the Continent the mainland of Europe as distinguished from the British Isles | |
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Word Origin & History
continent
late 14c., adj., "self-restraining," from L. continentem (nom. continens), prp. of continere "hold together" (see contain). Meaning moved from "exercising self-restraint" to "chaste" 14c., and to bowel and bladder control 19c. The houn in the geographical sense is from
1550s, from continent land (mid-15c.), translating L. terra continens "continuous land" (see continue).
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Science Dictionary
continent  (kŏn'tə-nənt) Pronunciation Key
One of the seven great landmasses of the Earth. The continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. |
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Cultural Dictionary
continents definition
The large parts of the surface of the Earth that rise above sea level. The seven major continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
Note: Continents are made from the lightest rocks in the Earth. Some of these are also the oldest known rocks on Earth, with an age of 3.5 billion years, measured by radioactive dating.
Note: According to the theory of plate tectonics, continents move along piggy-back on the tectonic plates like rafts floating on water.
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Example sentences
Due to the plodding geological shifts of the continents, the city is sinking at a rate of two and a half inches per decade.
But some researchers argue that it cooled rapidly after its birth, forming continents and oceans early in its history.
We have concepts of what stars are, what species are, what continents are.
And they can do so across time zones, oceans and continents.
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