continuum

noun

con·tin·u·um kən-ˈtin-yü-əm How to pronounce continuum (audio)

plural continua kən-ˈtin-yü-ə How to pronounce continuum (audio)

also continuums

: a coherent whole characterized as a collection, sequence, or progression of values or elements varying by minute degrees

"good" and "bad" … stand at opposite ends of a continuum instead of describing the two halves of a line

Wayne Shumaker

: the set of real numbers including both the rationals and the irrationals

broadly : a compact set which cannot be separated into two sets neither of which contains a limit point of the other

Example Sentences

His motives for volunteering lie somewhere on the continuum between charitable and self-serving. a continuum of temperatures ranging from very cold to very hot

Recent Examples on the Web Data democratization must be viewed as a full continuum of options between those extremes.

Stan Klimoff, Forbes, 27 June 2022 That the Aral Sea represents an advanced stage on a continuum along which the whole planet is hurtling - hotter, water-deprived, despoiled - merely drove the point home.

Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 Ukraine's achievement will certainly enter the history books not just along the continuum of Thermopylae onwards as a feat of arms, but also in the tradition of Dunkirk as an example of massive volunteer mobilization.

Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 24 July 2022 The time space continuum would not be able to continue.

Katcy Stephan, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022 Maybe especially when the place has been completely decimated by a rip in the space-time continuum caused by the Grandfather Paradox.

Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 22 June 2022 The 46-year-old ship broker from Arlington, Virginia, has a marathon personal best of 2:17, and his race résumé seems to defy the space-time continuum.

The Editors, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020 Kaytranada at the Anthem: Precious few producer-DJs can condense the entire space-time continuum of diasporic dance music into one song, album or set like Kaytranada.

Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2020 Her book is challenging to summarize because its findings and recommendations are specific and detailed for each age group on the birth-to-age-6 continuum.

Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2022 See More

单词	continua
释义	continuum noun con·tin·u·um kən-ˈtin-yü-əm plural continua kən-ˈtin-yü-ə also continuums 1 : a coherent whole characterized as a collection, sequence, or progression of values or elements varying by minute degrees "good" and "bad" … stand at opposite ends of a continuum instead of describing the two halves of a line Wayne Shumaker 2 : the set of real numbers including both the rationals and the irrationals broadly : a compact set which cannot be separated into two sets neither of which contains a limit point of the other Example Sentences His motives for volunteering lie somewhere on the continuum between charitable and self-serving. a continuum of temperatures ranging from very cold to very hot Recent Examples on the Web Data democratization must be viewed as a full continuum of options between those extremes. Stan Klimoff, Forbes, 27 June 2022 That the Aral Sea represents an advanced stage on a continuum along which the whole planet is hurtling - hotter, water-deprived, despoiled - merely drove the point home. Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 Ukraine's achievement will certainly enter the history books not just along the continuum of Thermopylae onwards as a feat of arms, but also in the tradition of Dunkirk as an example of massive volunteer mobilization. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 24 July 2022 The time space continuum would not be able to continue. Katcy Stephan, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022 Maybe especially when the place has been completely decimated by a rip in the space-time continuum caused by the Grandfather Paradox. Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 22 June 2022 The 46-year-old ship broker from Arlington, Virginia, has a marathon personal best of 2:17, and his race résumé seems to defy the space-time continuum. The Editors, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020 Kaytranada at the Anthem: Precious few producer-DJs can condense the entire space-time continuum of diasporic dance music into one song, album or set like Kaytranada. Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2020 Her book is challenging to summarize because its findings and recommendations are specific and detailed for each age group on the birth-to-age-6 continuum. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from Medieval Latin, noun derivative from neuter of Latin continuus continuous First Known Use 1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1 continua noun variants also continuums plural of continuum as in spectrums formal a range or series of things that are slightly different from each other and that exist between two different possibilities His motives for volunteering lie somewhere on the continuum between charitable and self-serving. a continuum of temperatures ranging from very cold to very hot Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance spectrums scales spectra gamuts sequences nexus concatenations nexuses gauntlets strings ranges chains catenae progressions lines gantlets catenas trains belts flows chain reactions catenations cycles streams consecutions circles rivers vicious circles files successions vicious cycles queues rows
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continuum

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