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continuous
[ kuhn-tin-yoo-uhs ]
adjective
- uninterrupted in time; without cessation:
continuous coughing during the concert.
- being in immediate connection or spatial relationship:
a continuous series of blasts; a continuous row of warehouses.
- Grammar. progressive ( def 7 ).
continuous
/ kənˈtɪnjʊəs /
adjective
- prolonged without interruption; unceasing
a continuous noise
- in an unbroken series or pattern
- maths (of a function or curve) changing gradually in value as the variable changes in value. A function f is continuous if at every value a of the independent variable the difference between f( x ) and f( a ) approaches zero as x approaches a Compare discontinuous See also limit
- statistics (of a variable) having a continuum of possible values so that its distribution requires integration rather than summation to determine its cumulative probability Compare discrete
- grammar another word for progressive
continuous
/ kən-tĭn′yo̅o̅-əs /
- Relating to a line or curve that extends without a break or irregularity.
- A function in which changes, however small, to any x- value result in small changes to the corresponding y- value, without sudden jumps. Technically, a function is continuous at the point c if it meets the following condition: for any positive number ε, however small, there exists a positive number δ such that for all x within the distance δ from c , the value of f ( x ) will be within the distance ε from f ( c ). Polynomials, exponential functions, and trigonometric functions are examples of continuous functions.
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Derived Forms
- conˈtinuousness, noun
- conˈtinuously, adverb
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Other Words From
- con·tin·u·ous·ly adverb
- con·tin·u·ous·ness noun
- non·con·tin·u·ous adjective
- non·con·tin·u·ous·ness noun
- qua·si-con·tin·u·ous adjective
- sem·i·con·tin·u·ous adjective
- un·con·tin·u·ous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of continuous1
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Origin of continuous1
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Example Sentences
The director, Jonathan Demme, offers us a continuous rock experience that keeps building, becoming ever more intense and euphoric.
There had been continuous problems with the Pratt & Whitney engines.
That really hit me, the continuous flow of ideas without stopping.
The ensuing night gave me the grand migraine of my life, with throbs like the blows of an ax and continuous pinwheels.
After 57 years of continuous operation, the theater closed, was sold to a private company, and scheduled for demolition.
Messrs. Jennens and Bettridge commenced in 1816, and improvements in the manufacture have been many and continuous.
That the first part of this was probably quite true we can readily agree to, also that the out-put was continuous.
After 24 hours' heavy and continuous fighting a substantial success has been achieved.
The west shore of Gidley Island appeared to be fronted by a continuous reef, on which some patches of dry rocks were observed.
His secret thoughts he buried beneath a continuous mental preoccupation with the vain and the trivial.
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