Continuously
[kən'tɪnjʊəsli]
Definition
(adv.) at every point; 'The function is continuously differentiable'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a continuous maner; without interruption.
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Examples
- A continuously operative primary battery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Hancock's corps had now been marching and fighting continuously for several days, not having had rest even at night much of the time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A device for continuously indicating on a galvanometer the depths of the ocean. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The policy of the church was not whole-heartedly and continuously set upon that end. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How, for instance, a small engine pumping continuously could thus supply many large engines working intermittently. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We worked continuously all through that Saturday night and all day Sunday until evening, when we finished the job. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- During the day I was passing along the line from wing to wing continuously. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In practice, this buzzer was continuously operated at high speed by a battery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Similarly, in connection with the storage battery, after having experimented continuously for three years, it was found to fall below his expectations, and its manufacture had to be stopped. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- During the whole of Sunday I was continuously engaged in passing from one part of the field to another, giving directions to division commanders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were returning at full speed, firing their stern batteries almost continuously. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This was an endless steel belt serrated on one edge, mounted on pulleys, and driven continuously by the power of steam through the hardest and the heaviest work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They watched them continuously, and this morning they saw me arrive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In this, the relief blocks are replaced by engraved copper rolls which rotate continuously and in the course of their rotation automatically receive coloring matter on the engraved portion. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The function of this material in engaging activity and carrying it on consistently and continuously is its interest. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She plied her needle continuously, ceaselessly, but her brain worked faster than her fingers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In practice, this buzzer was continuously operated at a speed of about five hundred vibrations per second by an auxiliary battery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He could work continuously as long as he wished, and had sleep at his command. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As a result the coil rotates continuously, and produces motion so long as current is supplied from without. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Their next step was to try to find some method by which they might keep their gliding-machine continuously in the air, so that they might gain an automatic balance. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- If the power of the steam could be applied so as to continuously move the piston in the same direction this loss would be avoided. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- From that day on the station supplied current continuously until 1895, with but two brief interruptions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Thus great quantities of green brick can at any time be pushed into the kiln on tracks, and when burned pushed out, and thus the process may go on continuously day and night. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- By means of this adjunct the dashes and dots of the transmitted impulses could be recorded upon a paper ribbon passing continuously over the drum. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Smiles rippled continuously over his fat face. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This department works twenty-four hours a day, in three shifts of eight hours each; iron is being melted and poured continuously during the day and first night shifts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Thus, this cyclopean operation may be continuously conducted with an amount of power prodigiously inferior, in proportion, to the results accomplished. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In both cases the current was a continuously closed one, and was not alternately made and broken as by the separating contacts of Reis. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It required eight hours of this baking to dry the clay hard, and, during this period, water had to be played continuously on the shield to avoid damage due to the high temperature. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He finds it easier to exert a force of 100 pounds continuously until his end has moved 3 feet rather than to exert a force of 600 pounds on the bowlder and move it 6 inches. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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