'Continuous' definitions:
Definition of 'continuous'
From: WordNet
adjective
Continuing in time or space without interruption; "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"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks" [syn: continuous, uninterrupted] [ant: discontinuous, noncontinuous]
adjective
Of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity [ant: discontinuous]
Definition of 'Continuous'
From: GCIDE
- Continuous \Con*tin"u*ous\, a. [L. continuus, fr. continere to hold together. See Continent.]
- 1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. [1913 Webster]
- he can hear its continuous murmur. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. [1913 Webster]
- Continuous brake (Railroad), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine.
- Continuous impost. See Impost.
- Syn: Continuous, Continual.
- Usage: Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of "a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Continual, in most cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid, etc. See Constant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'continuous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- accordant,
- ageless,
- alike,
- articulated,
- automatic,
- balanced,
- catenated,
- ceaseless,
- chronological,
- coeternal,
- concatenated,
- connected,
- consecutive,
- consistent,
- consonant,
- constant,
- continual,
- continued,
- continuing,
- correspondent,
- cyclical,
- dateless,
- direct,
- durational,
- durative,
- endless,
- equable,
- equal,
- eternal,
- eterne,
- even,
- ever-being,
- ever-durable,
- ever-during,
- ever-recurring,
- everlasting,
- everliving,
- featureless,
- flat,
- frequent,
- gapless,
- haunting,
- homogeneous,
- immediate,
- immemorial,
- immutable,
- incessant,
- indefatigable,
- indestructible,
- infinite,
- interminable,
- invariable,
- joined,
- jointless,
- lasting,
- level,
- linked,
- measured,
- mechanical,
- methodic,
- monolithic,
- monotonous,
- never-ceasing,
- never-ending,
- nonstop,
- nonterminating,
- nonterminous,
- of a piece,
- olamic,
- ordered,
- orderly,
- perdurable,
- perennial,
- periodic,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- persistent,
- reappearing,
- recurrent,
- recurring,
- regular,
- remaining,
- repetitive,
- returning,
- revenant,
- robotlike,
- round-the-clock,
- running,
- seamless,
- sempiternal,
- sequent,
- sequential,
- serial,
- serried,
- smooth,
- stable,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- sticking,
- straight,
- sustained,
- systematic,
- temporal,
- thematic,
- thick-coming,
- tight,
- timeless,
- twenty-four-hour,
- ubiquitous,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- undeviating,
- undifferentiated,
- undiversified,
- undying,
- unending,
- uniform,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unrelieved,
- unremitting,
- unruffled,
- unstopped,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- without end
Words containing 'Continuous'
- Continuable,
- Continual,
- Continually,
- Continuance,
- Continuant,
- Continuate,
- Continuation,
- Continuative,
- Continuator,
- Continue,
- Continued,
- Continuedly,
- Continuer,
- Continuing,
- Continuities,
- Continuity,
- Continuously,
- Continuousness,
- Continual proportionals,
- Continued bass,
- Continued fever,
- Continued fraction,
- Continued proportion,
- Continuous brake,
- Continuous impost,
- Law of continuity,
- Solution of continuity,
- continuant consonant,
- continuing education,
- continuing trespass,
- continuous current,
- continuous tense,
- good continuation,
- law of continuation,
- continuity army council,
- continuous creation theory,
- continuous receiver watch,
- continuity irish republican army