Continuum

//kənˈtɪnjuəm// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.

    "Near-synonym: spectrum"

  2. 2
    a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts wordnet
  3. 3
    A continuous extent.

    "A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place."

  4. 4
    The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
  5. 5
    A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”).

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