English Explanatory Dictionary

continuum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
  2. A continuous extent.
  3. The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
  4. A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

Pronunciation

/kənˈtɪnjuəm/ /-(j)ɪu̯əm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-continuum.wav

Word forms

continuum continuums continua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”).

Synonyms

spectrum ℝ

Related words

continuous

Derived words

anticontinuum continuum hypothesis continuumlike continuum mechanics continuum theory dialect continuum discontinuum generalized continuum hypothesis hypercontinuum language continuum post-creole continuum quasicontinuum subcontinuum supercontinuum
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