English Explanatory Dictionary

continuous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
  2. Without intervening space; continued.
  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).
  6. Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Pronunciation

kən-tĭnʹyo͞o-əs /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/ /-(j)ɪu̯.əs/ en-us-continuous.ogg

Word forms

continuous

Etymology

From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.

Synonyms

amaranthine solid ceaseless constant continual continuate continuous dreich endless eternal everlasting extended incessant incessive infinite never-ending nonstop ongoing perpetual persistent relentless steady still termless unbroken unceasing unending unintermitted uninterrupted unremitting lasting permanent successive uniform protracted connected continued

Antonyms

discontinuous non-continuous noncontinuous broken discrete ending intermittent interrupted stopped disconnected disjoint

Related words

contain continuity continued continuum constant contiguous

Derived words

bicontinuous continuous aspect continuous bag of words continuous brake continuous-braked continuous clock continuous delivery continuous delivery pipeline continuous erythropoietin receptor activator continuous impost continuous integration continuously continuousness continuous phase continuous random variable continuous shot continuous take continuous tense continuous time continuous track continuous variable continuous variable valve timing continuous wave continuous wavelet transform equicontinuous future continuous future perfect continuous hemicontinuous lower semi-continuous past continuous past perfect continuous present continuous present perfect continuous pseudocontinuous quasicontinuous Scott-continuous semicontinuous subcontinuous uncontinuous upper semi-continuous continuous distribution continuous function continuous group continuous line illusion continuous map continuous mapping theorem continuous space continuous vector bundle continuously differentiable function uniformly continuous
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