Definitions for: Continuous


[adj] continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"
[adj] (mathematics) of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity



Webster (1913) Definition: Con*tin"u*ous, a. [L. continuus, fr. continere to
hold together. See Continent.]
1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without
intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken;
continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted;
extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous
current of electricity.

he can hear its continuous murmur. --Longfellow.

2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not
interrupted; not joined or articulated.

Continuous brake (Railroad), a brake which is attached to
each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the
cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the
engine.

Continuous impost. See Impost.

Syn: Continuous, Continual.

Usage: Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the
continuity or union of parts is absolute and
uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a
continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel
Webster speaks of ``a continuous and unbroken strain
of the martial airs of England.'' Continual, in most
cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of
things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak
of continual showers, implying a repetition with
occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as
liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual
applications for aid, etc. See Constant.

Synonyms: around-the-clock, ceaseless, consecutive, constant, continual, day-and-night, dogging, endless, free burning, incessant, never-ending, nonstop, perpetual, persisting, round-the-clock, straight, sustained, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting

Antonyms: discontinuous, noncontinuous

See Also: unbroken

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