English > continuous: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Continuing in time or space without interruption. |
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| Examples | - "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"
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| Synonym | uninterrupted |
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| Attribute of | continuity, persistence | The property of a continuous and connected period of time |
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| Narrower | around-the-clock, day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock | At all times |
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| ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting | uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing |
| continual | 'continual'(meaning / meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with 'continuous'(meaning / meaning without interruption) |
| dogging, persisting | relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit |
| endless | Having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole |
| free burning, sustained | (of an electric arc) continuous |
| straight, consecutive | successive (without a break) |
| sustained | Maintained at length without interruption / interruption or weakening |
| See also | unbroken | marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence / sequence |
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| Opposite | discontinuous, noncontinuous | not continuing without interruption / interruption in time or space |
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| Spanish | continuo, incesante, ininterrumpido, permanente |
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| Catalan | ininterromput |
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| Nouns | continuity | the property of a continuous and connected period of time |
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| continuity | uninterrupted connection or union |
| continuousness | the quality of something that continues without end or interruption |
| continuum | a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts |
| Adverbs | continuously | with unflagging resolve |
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