continuity

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːəti/, SAMPA: /%kQntI"nju:@ti/
• (US) IPA: /ˌkɑntɪˈnjuːəti/, SAMPA: /%kAntI"nju:@ti/
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[edit] Noun

continuity (countable and uncountable; plural continuities)

1. Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.

   Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy.

2. (uncountable, mathematics) A characteristic property of a continuous function.
   • 1911, William Anthony Granville, Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus:

     The definition of a continuous function assumes that the function is already defined for x = a. If this is not the case, however, it is sometimes possible to assign such a value to the function for x = a that the condition of continuity shall be satisfied.

3. A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a story series are accounted for in present stories.

[edit] Antonyms

• discontinuity

[edit] Derived terms

• discontinuity

[edit] Related terms

• continue
• continual
• continuousness

[edit] Translations