CONTINUITY

continuity, persistence

(noun) the property of a continuous and connected period of time

continuity

(noun) a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot

continuity

(noun) uninterrupted connection or union

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

continuity (countable and uncountable, plural continuities)

Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.

(uncountable, mathematics) A characteristic property of a continuous function.

(narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.

(uncountable, film) Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.

(uncountable, radio, television) The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.

Synonyms

• (lack of interruption): See also continuity

Antonyms

• (lack of interruption): discontinuity; see also discontinuity

Source: Wiktionary

Con`ti*nu"i*ty, n.; pl. Continuities. Etym: [L. continuitas: cf. F. continuit. See Continuous.]

Definition: the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden. Law of continuity (Math. & Physics), the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states.

– Solution of continuity. (Math.) See under Solution.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition