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con·ti·nu·i·ty
\ˌkäntə̇ˈn(y)üəd.ē, -ntənˈ(y)ü-, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitat-, continuitas, from continuus + -itat-, -itas -ity
1.
a. : the quality or state of being continuous : uninterrupted connection or succession : close union of parts : cohesion, coherence
< the highest percentage of cures with the least disturbance in the continuity of tissue — E.D.Osborne >
< continuity of management >
b. : the quality or state of continuing without essential change : uninterrupted persistence of a particular quality or essential with reference to conjoint changing qualities
< the life of ancient Rome, its unbroken continuity through the centuries, and its connection with the life of the modern world — H.N.Fowler >
c. : continuousness in time : duration without intermission; specifically : uninterruptedness of existence (as of germ plasm)
2. : something that shows continuity : a connected or unbroken course or series: as
a. : the narrative line or the thematic development of an idea in a motion picture
b. : a detailed scenario or shooting script showing dialogue, shots, and transitions
c. : the script for a radio or television program (as of the introductory and transitional material used by an announcer or master of ceremonies of a musical or variety program); also : the lines read from such a script
d. : the story and dialogue of a comic strip; also : a daily comic strip or picture strip that sustains a narrative
3. : an individual feature, element, or unit of a connected series
< number of continuities that can be discovered in the play — R.A.Brower >
4. mathematics : the property characteristic of a continuous function; also : an example of such property — compare discontinuity 3 |