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   Con·tin·u·ous

   /kənˈtinyəwəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. forming an unbroken whole; without interruption: "the whole performance is enacted in one continuous movement"
   • ▪ forming a series with no exceptions or reversals: "there are continuous advances in design and production"
   • ▪ (of a function) of which the graph is a smooth unbroken curve, i.e. one such that as the value of x approaches any given value a, the value of f(x) approaches that of f(a) as a limit.
   • 2. another term for progressive

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. continuousness noun

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