continuity
the state or quality of being continuous.
a continuous or connected whole.
a motion-picture scenario giving the complete action, scenes, etc., in detail and in the order in which they are to be shown on the screen.
the spoken part of a radio or television script that serves as introductory or transitional material on a nondramatic program.
Mathematics. the property of a continuous function.
Usually continuities. sets of merchandise, as dinnerware or encyclopedias, given free or sold cheaply by a store to shoppers as a sales promotion.
Origin of continuity
1Other words for continuity
Other words from continuity
- non·con·tin·u·i·ty, noun
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How to use continuity in a sentence
But there are intriguing continuities with The Dark Is Rising and Dawn of Fear.
In a moment of intense change, they conserve continuities and help grapple with new modernities.
Bhutan Celebrates Third Annual Literary Festival, Mountain Echoes | Karma Singye Dorji | May 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut despite these differences, the continuities run very deep.
'American Dervish' Author on the Feminine in Islam | Ayad Akhtar | January 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTYou could really make a fun board game identifying all the lack of continuities in this film.
The ideal means, as we have seen, a sense of these encompassing continuities with their infinite reach.
Human Nature and Conduct | John Dewey
But the measure of the value of an experience lies in the perception of relationships or continuities to which it leads up.
Democracy and Education | John DeweyPhysicians are not without the use of this decussation in several operations, in ligatures and union of dissolved continuities.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne | Thomas BrowneFailing thus, we ought to let the originally given continuities stand on their own bottom.
Essays in Radical Empiricism | William JamesIn all this the continuities and the discontinuities are absolutely co-ordinate matters of immediate feeling.
Essays in Radical Empiricism | William James
British Dictionary definitions for continuity
/ (ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ) /
logical sequence, cohesion, or connection
a continuous or connected whole
the comprehensive script or scenario of detail and movement in a film or broadcast
the continuous projection of a film, using automatic rewind
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