continuum
See also: continuüm
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, pages 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.
- (mathematics) The set of real numbers; more generally, any 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.
Synonyms
- (set of real numbers): ℝ (translingual)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
continuous series or whole
continuous extent
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set of real numbers
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music: touch-sensitive strip
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
continuum
Declension
Inflection of continuum (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | continuum | continuumit | ||
genitive | continuumin | continuumien | ||
partitive | continuumia | continuumeja | ||
illative | continuumiin | continuumeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | continuum | continuumit | ||
accusative | nom. | continuum | continuumit | |
gen. | continuumin | |||
genitive | continuumin | continuumien | ||
partitive | continuumia | continuumeja | ||
inessive | continuumissa | continuumeissa | ||
elative | continuumista | continuumeista | ||
illative | continuumiin | continuumeihin | ||
adessive | continuumilla | continuumeilla | ||
ablative | continuumilta | continuumeilta | ||
allative | continuumille | continuumeille | ||
essive | continuumina | continuumeina | ||
translative | continuumiksi | continuumeiksi | ||
abessive | continuumitta | continuumeitta | ||
instructive | — | continuumein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) continuum
- nominative neuter singular of continuus
- accusative masculine singular of continuus
- accusative neuter singular of continuus
- vocative neuter singular of continuus
References
- continuum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin continuum.
Noun
continuum m (plural continua)
- continuum (series where neighbouring elements are very similar, but distant elements are very different)
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