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Definition of CoNTinuous

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. --Longfellow. 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. Syn: Continuous, Continual. Usage: Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of ``a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.' Continual, in most cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid, etc. See Constant.

Meaning of CoNTinuous from wikipedia

- Look up continuity, continuous, continuously, or continuousness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Continuity or continuous may refer to: Continuity (mathematics)...
- Continuous optimization is a branch of optimization in applied mathematics. As opposed to discrete optimization, the variables used in the objective function...
- Continuous integration (CI) is the practice of integrating source code changes frequently and ensuring that the integrated codebase is in a workable state...
- In mathematics, a continuous function is a function such that a small variation of the argument induces a small variation of the value of the function...
- Continuous track or tracked treads are a system of vehicle propulsion used in tracked vehicles, running on a continuous band of treads or track plates...
- The present continuous, also called the present progressive or present imperfect, is a verb form used in modern English that combines the present tense...
- Continuous delivery (CD) is a software engineering approach in which teams produce software in short cycles, ensuring that the software can be reliably...
- In probability theory and statistics, the continuous uniform distributions or rectangular distributions are a family of symmetric probability distributions...
- analysis and related areas of mathematics, a continuous linear operator or continuous linear mapping is a continuous linear transformation between topological...
- Continuous casting, also called strand casting, is the process whereby molten metal is solidified into a "semifinished" billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent...