Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

continuous

/kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: con-tin-u-ous
IPA: /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adj

Without intervening space; continued.

adj

Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

adj

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.

adj

Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).

adj

Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Example Sentences

"the continuous roar of a waterfall"
"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."

Etymology

From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: continuus

Derived Forms

bicontinuous continuously continuousness equicontinuous hemicontinuous pseudocontinuous quasicontinuous semicontinuous subcontinuous uncontinuous

Phrases

continuous aspect continuous bag of words continuous brake continuous-braked continuous clock continuous delivery continuous delivery pipeline continuous erythropoietin receptor activator

Frequently Paired Words

contain continuity continued continuum constant contiguous

Synonyms

perpetual nonstop incessant ongoing protracted extended connected continued unbroken amaranthine solid ceaseless

Antonyms

broken discontinuous discrete intermittent interrupted disconnected disjoint non-continuous noncontinuous ending stopped

Questions

How do you pronounce continuous?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/.
What does continuous mean?: Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
Where does continuous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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