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continuous.

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/kənˈtɪn.juː.əs//-(j)ɪu̯.əs/
  1. Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.

    not-comparable
    the continuous roar of a waterfall
    a continuous current of electricity
  2. Without intervening space; continued.

    not-comparable
    a continuous line of railroad
  3. Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

    not-comparable
  4. 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.

    not-comparable
  5. Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).

    broadly · not-comparable
    Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.
  6. Expressing an ongoing action or state.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.

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