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con⋅tin⋅u⋅ous

[kuhn-tin-yoo-uhs]
–adjective
1. uninterrupted in time; without cessation: continuous coughing during the concert.
2. being in immediate connection or spatial relationship: a continuous series of blasts; a continuous row of warehouses.
3. Grammar. progressive (def. 7).

Origin:
1635–45; < L continuus uninterrupted, equiv. to contin(ēre) to hold together, retain (con- con- + -tinēre, comb. form of tenēre to hold; cf. contain ) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; cf. -ous, contiguous


con⋅tin⋅u⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
con⋅tin⋅u⋅ous⋅ness, noun


See continual.
con·tin·u·ous   (kən-tĭn'yōō-əs)   
adj.  
  1. Uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent. See Synonyms at continual.
  2. Attached together in repeated units: a continuous form fed into a printer.
  3. Mathematics Of or relating to a line or curve that extends without a break or irregularity.

[From Latin continuus; see continue.]
con·tin'u·ous·ly adv., con·tin'u·ous·ness n.

Continuous

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.
Language Translation for : continuous
Spanish: continuo,
German: ununterbrochen,
Japanese: とぎれのない

Main Entry: con·tin·u·ous
Pronunciation: k&n-'tin-y&-w&s
Function: adjective
: marked by uninterrupted extension in space,time, or sequence : continuing without intermission or recurring regularly after minute interruptions <continuous expression of anxious feelings> <continuous vitamininjections> —con·tin·u·ous·ly adverb

continuous con·tin·u·ous (kən-tĭn'y&oomacr;-əs)
adj.

  1. Uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent.
  2. Attached together in repeated units.

continuous   (kən-tĭn'y-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Relating to a line or curve that extends without a break or irregularity.
  2. A function in which changes, however small, to any x-value result in small changes to the corresponding y-value, without sudden jumps. Technically, a function is continuous at the point c if it meets the following condition: for any positive number ε, however small, there exists a positive number δ such that for all x within the distance δ from c, the value of f(x) will be within the distance ε from f(c). Polynomials, exponential functions, and trigonometric functions are examples of continuous functions.

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