Continuation

//kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of continuing an activity without interruption wordnet
  3. 3
    That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on. countable, uncountable

    "the continuation of a story"

  4. 4
    the consequence of being lengthened in duration wordnet
  5. 5
    A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point. countable

    "Whenever a Scheme expression is evaluated a continuation exists that wants the result of the expression."

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  1. 6
    a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction wordnet
  2. 7
    A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball. countable
  3. 8
    a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation.

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