CONTINUATION

continuance, continuation

(noun) the act of continuing an activity without interruption

lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction

(noun) the consequence of being lengthened in duration

sequel, continuation

(noun) a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

continuation (countable and uncountable, plural continuations)

The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession

Synonyms: prolongation, propagation

Antonyms: discontinuation, termination

That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.

(computing) A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.

(basketball) A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.

Hyponyms

((computing) representation of an execution state of a program):

• first-class continuation

• second-class continuation

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*tin`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. continuatio: cf. F. connuation.]

1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation. Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay.

2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story. My continuation of the version of Statius. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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