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continuum

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con⋅tin⋅u⋅um

  [kuhn-tin-yoo-uhm]
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–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·um   (kən-tĭn'yōō-əm)   
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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Word Origin & History

continuum 
1650, from L. neut. of continuus. (see continue). The plural is continua.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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