Definition of Continuous

Babylon English
continuous
adj. uninterrupted, unbroken; successive

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Continuous Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Continuous
(a.)
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.
  
(a.)
Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
  

WordNet 2.0
continuous
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) uninterrupted
(antonym) discontinuous, noncontinuous
(similar) around-the-clock, day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock
(see-also) unbroken
(attribute) continuity, persistence
2. of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
(antonym) discontinuous
(classification) mathematics, math, maths

hEnglish - advanced version
continuous
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. he can hear its continuous murmur.
2. (bot.) not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
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.

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for Vocabulary Exams of KPDS, YDS,UDS (in Turkey); and SAT in America
continuous
Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Tyd
Tyd = n. what is continuous



President's DNA Initiative Glossary
Continuous (medulla)
A form of hair medullation where the visible medulla extends uninterrupted along a length of hair shaft.
  


Continuous Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Aviation - English - Spintra.com
Continuous
time equation. A mathematical relationship to describe a function of time, expressed in terms of continuous time; Compare: difference equation, differential equation, discrete-time equation, Laplace transform, state-space model, Z transform; See Also: first-order filter, second-order filter, unit functions for examples;

Agricultural Glossary/yigini2004
Continuous
-flow - a system of composting in which material is continuously added to the composting process and the end product is continuously removed; often used for large operations.


Continuous Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
continuous
perpetuus, continuus, iugis iuge


Continuous Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries