Continuous Definition

kən-tĭnyo͝o-əs
adjective
Uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent.
American Heritage
Designating a function whose value at each point is closely approached by its values at neighboring points.
Webster's New World
Attached together in repeated units.
A continuous form fed into a printer.
American Heritage
Going on or extending without interruption or break; unbroken; connected.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to a function between two topological spaces such that the preimage of any open set in the range is an open set in the domain.
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Origin of Continuous

  • Either via French or directly, from Latin continuus.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin continuus continue

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Continuous Sentence Examples

  • All he sees is one continuous line.

  • To understand the laws of this continuous movement is the aim of history.

  • The building of the Canadian Pacific railway through almost continuous rocks for 800 miles was one of the greatest engineering feats of modern times.

  • This girl's code, if it is in fact a code, is mostly one continuous line, with hardly any punctuation.

  • By the use of a key in the battery circuit as well as an interrupter or current reverser, signals can be given by breaking up the continuous hum in the telephone into long and short periods.

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CCOCON

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SUSOUS

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