continuous
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- //kənˈtɪn.juː.əs//
- //-(j)ɪu̯.əs//
Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
adjective
- 1
Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
the continuous roar of a waterfall
a continuous current of electricity
he can hear its continuous murmur
- 2
Without intervening space; continued.
a continuous line of railroad
The dynamic tests at Wildenrath use continuous test tracks built on the site of a former Royal Air Force station that was vacated after the end of the Cold War.
- 3
Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
- 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.
- 5
Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.
- 6
Expressing an ongoing action or state.
Etymology
From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.
continuous · Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
continuously · Without pause.continuum · A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably…contraband · Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.