Continuous
[kən'tɪnjʊəs]
Definition
(adj.) continuing in time or space without interruption; 'a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light'- James Jeans; 'a continuous bout of illness lasting six months'; 'lived in continuous fear'; 'a continuous row of warehouses'; 'a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it'; 'moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks' .
(adj.) of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity .
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Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Connected, continued, extended, unbroken, uninterrupted, unintermitted.
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Examples
- So old an art, and so great and continuous a need for its products necessarily must have resulted in much development and progress. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For most men their education in these matters is the silent, continuous education of things about them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their development demands continuous alternation and readjustment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This role of mind in continuous activity is not always maintained, however. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Proper reversals of the current are accompanied by continuous motion, and since the disk and shaft rotate with the coil, there is continuous rotation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- So well had the work been planned and executed, however, that nothing happened to hinder the continuous working of the station and the supply of light to customers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This does not require a multitude of cans and a great floor space, but a lot 25 by 50 feet is sufficient, for the ice is turned out in a continuous process like bricks from a brick machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was during this period of inventing a system that so much systematic and continuous work with good results was done by Edison in the design and perfection of dynamos. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The air chamber _A_ insures a continuous flow of water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The demand for continuous attention is greater, and more intelligence must be shown in selecting and shaping means. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Their purpose is to outline the general features of education as the process by which social groups maintain their continuous existence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The Pearl Street station, as this first large plant was called, made rapid and continuous growth in its output of electric current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This and other difficulties led finally to the adoption of the circular type, whose continuous cut and high speed saved much time and presented many other advantages. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is shown by ligature that there is continuous motion of the blood from arteries to veins. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the first place we should be extremely cautious in inferring, because an area is now continuous, that it has been continuous during a long period. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This paper, while still in a damp condition, was passed between the drum and stylus in continuous, progressive motion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The carpet seemed continuous and firmly nailed, so I dismissed the idea of a trap-door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As it turned out, however, morning found me speeding over a vast expanse of dead sea bottom after nearly six hours of continuous flight at high speed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Reproduction of other forms of life goes on in continuous sequence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The process of slaughtering and dressing pork, as practiced to-day, is a continuous one, and is well illustrated in Fig. 170, in 13 operations. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Every such continuous experience or activity is educative, and all education resides in having such experiences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- With those words, I handed it to her open, at a marked passage--one continuous burst of burning eloquence! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Throughout the next century the Turkish pressure upon Europe was heavy and continuous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Development is conceived not as continuous growing, but as the unfolding of latent powers toward a definite goal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It avoided the continuous stretch on the thread of the jenny by first completing the thread and then winding it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These were the flat cloth plate, vertical post, overhung arm, vertically reciprocating needle, and continuous thread. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Marey first utilized the continuous film, though it was George Eastman who brought it to its present state of high perfection. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There is one continuous behavior, proceeding from a more uncertain, divided, hesitating state to a more overt, determinate, or complete state. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The object of the gun is to combine in one piece the destructive effect of a great many, and to throw a continuous hail of projectiles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This is the continuous thread which runs through the Republic, and which more than any other of his ideas admits of an application to modern life. Plato. The Republic.
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