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Continuation
//kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of continuing an activity without interruption wordnet
- 3 That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on. countable, uncountable
"the continuation of a story"
- 4 the consequence of being lengthened in duration wordnet
- 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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- 6 a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction wordnet
- 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
- 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.
See also for "continuation"
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