Dictionary

continuous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• kən-tĭnʹyo͞o-əs
• /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/
• /-(j)ɪu̯.əs/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
   • the continuous roar of a waterfall
   • he can hear its continuous murmur 1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II):
   • a continuous current of electricity
2. (not-comparable) Without intervening space; continued.
   • […] 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. 1958 January 14, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 15:
   • a continuous line of railroad
   • 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. 2023 November 29, Philip Haigh, “New Piccadilly Line trains put to the test”, in RAIL, number 997, page 26:
3. (not-comparable) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
4. (not-comparable, 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. (broadly, not-comparable, 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).
   • Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.
6. (not-comparable) Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Antonyms

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

Deriveds

quasicontinuous · continuous function · continuous time · continuous clock · pseudocontinuous · continuous erythropoietin receptor activator · present perfect continuous · continuous delivery pipeline · continuous group · semicontinuous · continuous shot · past perfect continuous · continuous space · continuously differentiable function · Scott-continuous · continuous variable · present continuous · continuousness · continuous impost · continuous line illusion · equicontinuous · uncontinuous · lower semi-continuous · continuously · subcontinuous · future continuous · bicontinuous · continuous vector bundle · future perfect continuous · continuous variable valve timing · continuous aspect · continuous distribution · upper semi-continuous · continuous wave · continuous wavelet transform · continuous brake · continuous integration · continuous track · continuous mapping theorem · Lipschitz continuous · continuous-braked · uniformly continuous · continuous random variable · continuous tense · past continuous · hemicontinuous · continuous take · continuous map · continuous bag of words · continuous phase · continuous delivery

Relateds

constant · contain · continuum · continued · continuity · contiguous

Synonyms

persistent · dreich · endless · unintermitted · successive · everlasting · constant · uniform · extended · uninterrupted · protracted · steady · connected · ongoing · termless · unbroken · incessant · continued · perpetual · continuate · unremitting · perpetual · continuous · unending · amaranthine · relentless · nonstop · still · nonstop · infinite · permanent · unceasing · unbroken · extended · ceaseless · incessant · ongoing · continual · eternal · never-ending · incessive · solid · lasting

Translations (175)

sco conteenuous (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · mi motukore (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · tl tuluyan (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · hy անընդհատ (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · grc διηνεκής (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · cs nepřetržitý (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · es continuo (in botany) · de stetig (in mathematical analysis) · nl aanhoudend (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · sh не̏прекӣдан (in mathematical analysis) · ru длительны́й (in grammar) · fa استمراری (in grammar) · nl continu (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ca continu (in mathematical analysis) · ka განუწყვეტელი (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · he רציף (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · da kontinuerlig (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ckb بەردەوام (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · pt contínuo (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · cmn 連續的 /连续的 (in mathematical analysis) · grc συνεχής (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · es contino (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · tl tuluyan (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · el συνεχής (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ka გამუდმებული (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · tr devamlı (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · bg непрекъснат (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · bg продължителен (in grammar) · hu folytonos (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · el αδιάκοπος (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ro neîntrerupt (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · pl ciągły (in mathematical analysis) · yi כּסדרדיק (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · es continuo (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ru непреры́вный (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · cmn 連續的 /连续的 (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · fi eheä (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · cmn 進行式的 /进行式的 (in grammar) · ru непреры́вный (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · nn kontinuerleg (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ar مُتَّصِل (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · mi mutungakore (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · fi jatkuva (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · cs kontinuální (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · la perpetuus (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · es contino (in grammar) · gd sìor (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · la continuus (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · hu folyamatos (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · ka შეუწყვეტელი (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · de kontinuierlich (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · nl continu (in mathematical analysis) · he רציף (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · ar مُتَوَاصِل (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · fr continu (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · mi tūmau (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · hy անընդհատ (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · vi liên tục (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · et pidev (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · uk безпере́рвний (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · mi ukiuki (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · mi ukiuki (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · tr sürekli (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · pl ciągły (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ta தொடர் (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ro neîntrerupt (in mathematical analysis) · pl ciągły (in grammar) · vi không ngừng (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ckb بەردەوام (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · de stetig (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · pt contínuo (in grammar) · ro continuu (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · bg непрекъснат (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · is samfelld (in mathematical analysis) · cs spojitý (in mathematical analysis) · sco conteenuous (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · mn тасралтгүй (in mathematical analysis) · et pidev (in mathematical analysis) · mi motukore (in mathematical analysis) · eo kontinua (in mathematical analysis) · ka მუდმივი (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · nb kontinuerlig (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · sv kontinuerlig (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · fa پیوسته (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · et pidev (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ota آراسز (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · el διαρκής (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · it continuo (in mathematical analysis) · lt tolydinis (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · es continuo (in mathematical analysis) · nl voortdurend (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · pt contínuo (in mathematical analysis) · hy անդուլ (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ca continu (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · tl tuluyan (in mathematical analysis) · de kontinuierlich (in mathematical analysis) · ka შეუწყვეტელი (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · vi tiếp diễn (in grammar) · ca continu (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · mi motukore (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · pl nieustanny (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · hy անընդհատ (in mathematical analysis) · es continuo (in grammar) · hu folyamatos (in grammar) · hu folyamatos (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · fr continu (in grammar) · it continuo (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · nl ononderbroken (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · mi rōnaki (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · fr continuel (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · de stetig (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · id kontinu (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · pl nieprzerwany (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · it continuo (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · fi jatkuva (in mathematical analysis) · ka განგრძობითი (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · hi निरंतर (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · hi निरंतर (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · sh nȅprekīdan (in mathematical analysis) · ru непреры́вный (in mathematical analysis) · hu folytonos (in mathematical analysis) · bg непрекъснат (in mathematical analysis) · mi hūrokuroku (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · fi jatkuva (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · eo daŭra (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · uk безупи́нний (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · grc διηνεκής (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · cmn 不斷的 /不断的 (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · pt contínuo (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · fa بیوقفه (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · nl continu (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · ro continuu (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · nl ononderbroken (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · es continuo (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · fr continu (in mathematical analysis) · cmn 不斷的 /不断的 (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · fi tasainen (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · bn অনবচ্ছিন্ন (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · el συνεχής (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · fr continu (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · la perpes (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · nb vedvarende (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · fa مداوم (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ang singal (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · fa پیوسته (in mathematical analysis) · gd sìor (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · vi không ngừng (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · mi tāhuhu (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · pam balabalawus (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · vi liên tục (in mathematical analysis) · fa مستمر (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · grc συνεχής (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · he רציף (in mathematical analysis) · el εξακολουθητικός (in grammar) · ar مُتَّصِل (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · es contino (in botany) · fi eheä (in botany) · kk үзіліссіз (in mathematical analysis) · ro neîntrerupt (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · es contino (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · vi liên tục (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · ang singal (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · de kontinuierlich (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · cmn 連續的 /连续的 (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · ka უწყვეტი (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · vi không dừng (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · cmn 持續的 /持续的 (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) · ka განგრძობითი (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · id terus-menerus (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · sv kontinuerlig (in mathematical analysis) · ka უსრული (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · ro continuu (in mathematical analysis) · fi jatkuva (in grammar) · nl onophoudelijk (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) · cmn 持續的 /持续的 (without break, cessation, or interruption in time)