Meaning

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption..

Definitions by Sense

1. Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
2. Without intervening space; continued.
3. (botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
4. (mathematical analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
5. (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
6. (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Example Sentences

a continuous current of electricity

he can hear its continuous murmur

a continuous line of railroad

[…] the Plan incorporates in proper combination every available modern technique, including extensive electrification on the new standard high-voltage a.c. system at a frequency of 50 cycles; main-line diesel traction as a half-way house to electrification; lightweight diesel trains for secondary and branch services; and a smaller wagon fleet doing more work by the use of continuous brakes in conjunction with modernised terminals and marshalling yards.

The dynamic tests at Wildenrath use continuous test tracks built on the site of a former Royal Air Force station that was vacated after the end of the Cold War.

Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.

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Use continuous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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