Continuity

Quick meaning: Continuity is a noun meaning Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, mathematics) A characteristic property of a continuous function.
2. (countable, narratology) A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse.
3. (uncountable, film) Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
4. (uncountable, radio, television) The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.
5. (uncountable, narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
6. (UK, chiefly politics) Being the successor to a no longer extant organization, operating under the same name and usually claiming to be the same entity.

Example Sentences

Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy.

While troubleshooting the heating and cooling system, we found a lack of continuity in a circuit that is normally closed.

With the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the College of Cardinals sent a clear message of continuity with the reformist agenda of his predecessor, Pope Francis.

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.

Word Forms

• continuities

Synonyms for continuity

Depending on context, synonyms include continence, continuousness, flow, ongoingness, uninterruptedness, continuing.

Antonyms for continuity

Common opposites include discontinuity, noncontinuity, unevenness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include persistence, continuation, continued, ongoing, continuance, permanency.

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