Definitions for Continuityˌkɒn tnˈu ɪ ti, -tnˈyu

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

con•ti•nu•i•tyˌkɒn tnˈu ɪ ti, -tnˈyu(n.)(pl.)-ties.

  1. the state or quality of being continuous.

  2. a continuous or connected whole.

  3. a motion-picture scenario with all details of the action, dialogue, effects, etc., in order.

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  4. (on a radio or television program) narration or music that serves as an introduction or transition.

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  5. Math. the property of a continuous function.

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Origin of continuity:

1375–1425; late ME < AF < L

Princeton's WordNet

  1. continuity(noun)

    uninterrupted connection or union

  2. continuity(noun)

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

  3. continuity, persistence(noun)

    the property of a continuous and connected period of time

Wiktionary

  1. continuity(Noun)

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

    Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy.

  2. continuity(Noun)

    A characteristic property of a continuous function.

  3. continuity(Noun)

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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Continuity(noun)

    the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers


Translations for Continuity

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

continuity(noun)

the state of being continuous or logically related

It is important to children to have some continuity in their education.

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