'Continuo' definitions:
Definition of 'continuo'
From: WordNet
noun
A bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played [syn: figured bass, basso continuo, continuo, thorough bass]
Definition of 'Continuo'
From: GCIDE
- Continuo \Con*ti"nu*o\ (? or ?), n. [It.] (Mus.) Basso continuo, or continued bass. [1913 Webster]