continuum
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
continuum (plural continuums or continua)
- A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
- A continuous extent.
- 2012 March 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 112-3:
- A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
- 2012 March 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 112-3:
- (mathematics) The set of all real numbers and, more generally, a compact connected metric space.
- (music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are 1⁄100 of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.
Translations [edit]
continuous extent
the set of real numbers
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Adjective [edit]
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