Continuous

//kənˈtɪn.juː.əs// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption. not-comparable

    "a continuous current of electricity"

  2. 2
    Without intervening space; continued. not-comparable

    "a continuous line of railroad"

  3. 3
    Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D. not-comparable
  5. 5
    Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function). broadly, not-comparable

    "Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected."

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  1. 6
    Expressing an ongoing action or state. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    continuing in time or space without interruption wordnet
  2. 2
    of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity wordnet

Synonyms

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connectedconsecutiveconstantcontinualendlesssustained

Example

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"Advance in science is continuous."

Etymology

From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.

Related phrases

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