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Continuant

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Continuing; prolonged; sustained.

    "a continuant sound"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A linguistic sound other than a stop.
  2. 2
    consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract wordnet
  3. 3
    A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.

    "As a further point of clarification, notice that (C0) does not characterize a criterion for determining whether a continuant x of kind K that exists at t 1 is identical to a continuant y of kind K that exists at t 2 ."

  4. 4
    An endurant.
  5. 5
    An inherited descendant.

    "It must moreover be noted that the Sardinian lexicon does not in fact present evidence for the identification of -V́rr- as a pre-Roman suffix. More convincing is Wolf's identification of this word [lipòrra] as a continuant of *lepórna < *lepórĭna << Lat. leporīnus 'of hares, hare-'."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From continue + -ant.

Etymology 2

From continue + -ant.

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