CONTINUOUS

continuous, uninterrupted

(adjective) continuing in time or space without interruption; “a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light”- James Jeans; “a continuous bout of illness lasting six months”; “lived in continuous fear”; “a continuous row of warehouses”; “a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it”; “moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks”

continuous

(adjective) of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

continuous (not comparable)

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption

Synonyms: perpetual, nonstop

Without intervening space; continued

Synonyms: protracted, extended

(botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

(analysis, of a function) 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.

(mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).

(grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Usage notes

• Continuous is stronger than continual. It denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted, as in a continuous sheet of ice, or a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of "a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." By contrast, continual usually marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid.

Synonyms

• (without break, cessation, or interruption in time): constant, nonstop, continual (but see usage notes above), incessant, never-ending, ongoing, unbroken, unceasing, unending, uninterrupted, unremitting, relentless; see also Thesaurus:continuous

• (without break, cessation, or interruption in space): connected, continued, extended, protracted, unbroken

Antonyms

• (without break, cessation, or interruption in time): broken, discontinuous, discrete, intermittent, interrupted

• (without break, cessation, or interruption in space): broken, disconnected, disjoint, unbroken

• (in mathematical analysis): discontinuous, stepwise

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*tin"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. continuus, fr. continere to hold together. See Continent.]

1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. he can hear its continuous murmur. Longfellow.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. Continuous brake (Railroad), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine.

– Continuous impost. See Impost.

Syn.

– Continuous, Continual. Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of "a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Continual, in most cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid, etc. See Constant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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