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con·tin·u·ous

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–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(ére) to hold together, retain (con- con- + -tinére, comb. form of tenére to hold; cf. contain) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; cf. -ous, contiguous

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—Related forms

con·tin·u·ous·ly, adverb

con·tin·u·ous·ness, noun

—Usage note See continual.

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con·tin·u·ous Audio Help (kən-tĭn'yōō-əs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent. See Synonyms at continual.
Attached together in repeated units: a continuous form fed into a printer.
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.

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continuous
adjective
1.	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" [ant: discontinuous]
2.	of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity [ant: discontinuous]

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conˈtinuous adjective

joined together, or going on, without interruption
Example: a continuous series; continuous rain; continuous movement

Arabic:	مُتَتابِع، مُتَواصِل، مُسْتَمِر
Chinese (Simplified):	连续的，持续的
Chinese (Traditional):	連續的，持續的
Czech:	plynulý, nepřetržitý
Danish:	stadig; vedvarende; uafbrudt
Dutch:	ononderbroken
Estonian:	pidev
Finnish:	jatkuva
French:	continu
German:	ununterbrochen
Greek:	συνεχής, αδιάκοπος
Hungarian:	folyamatos
Icelandic:	samfelldur
Indonesian:	tak terputus
Italian:	continuo

Japanese:	とぎれのない
Korean:	연속적인; 계속적인
Latvian:	nepārtraukts; ilgstošs
Lithuanian:	ištisinis, be pertrūkių
Norwegian:	stadig, vedvarende, uavbrutt
Polish:	ciągły
Portuguese (Brazil):	contínuo
Portuguese (Portugal):	contínuo
Romanian:	continuu
Russian:	непрерывный
Slovak:	plynulý, neustály
Slovenian:	nepretrgan, nedovršen
Spanish:	continuo
Swedish:	kontinuerlig, oavbruten, sammanhängande
Turkish:	sürekli

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continuous Audio Help (kən-tĭn'y

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Relating to a line or curve that extends without a break or irregularity.
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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con·tin·u·ous (kn-tny-s)
adj.

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

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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 vitamin injections> —con·tin·u·ous·ly adverb

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Continuous

Brake\ (br[=a]k), n. [OE. brake; cf. LG. brake an instrument for breaking flax, G. breche, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., and cf. Breach.]

1. An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

2. An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.

3. A baker's kneading though. --Johnson.

4. A sharp bit or snaffle.

Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit. --Gascoigne.

5. A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.

A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. --J. Brende.

6. That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.

7. (Mil.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

8. (Agric.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.

9. A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.

10. (Engin.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.

11. A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.

12. An ancient instrument of torture. --Holinshed.

Air brake. See Air brake, in the Vocabulary.

Brake beam or Brake bar, the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels.

Brake block. (a) The part of a brake holding the brake shoe. (b) A brake shoe.

Brake shoe or Brake rubber, the part of a brake against which the wheel rubs.

Brake wheel, a wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated.

Continuous brake . See under Continuous.

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