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continuous

  • adjective
  • kən-tĭnʹyo͞o-əs

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.

Example

“a continuous current of electricity”

Other meanings

  1. Without intervening space; continued.

    “a continuous line of railroad”

  2. Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

Antonyms

  • non-continuous

Related words

  • continuous brake
  • continuous distribution
  • continuous function
  • continuous group
  • continuous line illusion
  • continuous map
  • continuous mapping theorem
  • continuous space
  • continuous vector bundle
  • Lipschitz continuous
  • unifo

Example sentences

  • “Self-improvement is a continuous process.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "continuus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “continuous” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.