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continuity Definition

con·ti·nu·ity (kän′tə no̵̅o̅′ə tē, -nyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun pl. -·ties

  1. the state or quality of being continuous; connectedness; coherence
  2. a continuous flow, series, or succession; unbroken, coherent whole
  3. continuous duration
  4. ☆ the detailed script or scenario for a film, radio or TV program, etc. as it actually appears in final form
  5. a series of comments or announcements connecting the parts of a radio or TV program
  6. the script or story of a comic strip
  7. Film smooth and matching transitions from one shot or sequence to the next

Etymology: OFr continuite < L continuitas

continuity Synonyms

continuity

n.

  1. The state of being continuous

    continuousness, connectedness, coherence, perpetuity, prolongation, constancy, continuance, flow, succession, uniting, unity, sequence, continuum, chain, linking, train, progression, dovetailing, connection, smoothness; see also continuation 1.

    Antonyms intermittence, dissipation*, desultoriness.

  2. Transitional matter in a radio or television program

    action, preparation, script, dialogue, cue, announcement, cushion*, drool*, cut*.

continuity Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • care: Problems First, there were problems in relation to continuity of patient care.
  • carer: Continuity of carer: what can we learn from a Cochrane review?
  • employment: However, a redundancy payment will break the employe's continuity of employment.

Converse of object

  • ensure: The large number of sources now being worked ensures continuity of supply.
  • maintain: To maintain continuity over this change over period there will be a limited update in October 2003.
  • assure: Twining group of companies was acquired, thus assuring the continuity of this valuable family brand.
  • emphasize: This time honored ritual emphasizes the continuity and majesty of the British monarchy.
  • interrupt: Endnotes should be used only where necessary to avoid interrupting the continuity of the text.
  • symbolize: The Tories ' approach toward Ireland symbolized the continuity between their reactionary domestic policies and their reactionary foreign policy.

Adjective modifier

  • unbroken: The advantage of an unbroken continuity in the bearing surface seems not to have been sufficiently consulted.
  • seamless: Contemporary so-called anti-terror laws can trace their origin in a seamless continuity to the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1974.
  • visual: York stone paving was selected to match with the existing footway along the King's Road thus providing visual continuity of pedestrian surfaces.
  • historical: Surely it would offer more of a sense of historical continuity to the history of the Americas?
  • remarkable: Much may have changed, but there is also a remarkable continuity in the tradition of the College over almost four hundred years.

Modifies a noun

  • announcer: Why are those continuity announcers trying to be my mate?
  • IRA: The Continuity IRA, which eventually admitted the blast, regarded itself after all as the 'true ' IRA.
  • equation: Syllabus: Brief review of fluids ( continuity equation, momentum equation, energy equation ).
  • planning: A major part of continuity planning focuses on IT.
  • plan: At first reading, the book may appear to be an exact template to be used to design a business continuity plan.

Noun used with modifier

  • business: A complete business continuity facility for your key staff at our own offices for up to 30 days 28.
continuity Quotes

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

—Orwell, George pseudonym of  Eric Arthur Blair