continuous
//kənˈtɪn.juː.əs//
formalDefinitions
1.Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
2.Without intervening space; continued.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4201
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”).
Displaced native Old English singal.