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con⋅tin⋅u⋅um

   [kuhn-tin-yoo-uhm]
–noun, plural -tin⋅u⋅a  [-tin-yoo-uh] .
1. a continuous extent, series, or whole.
2. Mathematics.
a. a set of elements such that between any two of them there is a third element.
b. the set of all real numbers.
c. any compact, connected set containing at least two elements.
Origin:
1640–50; < L, n. use of neut. of continuus continuous
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con·tin·u·a     (kən-tĭn'yōō-ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A plural of continuum.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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con·tin·u·um     (kən-tĭn'yōō-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. con·tin·u·a (-tĭn'yōō-ə) or con·tin·u·ums
  1. A continuous extent, succession, or whole, no part of which can be distinguished from neighboring parts except by arbitrary division.
  2. Mathematics
    1. A set having the same number of points as all the real numbers in an interval.
    2. The set of all real numbers.


[Latin, neuter of continuus, continuous; see continue.]

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