Hypertext Webster Gateway: "continual"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Continual \Con*tin"u*al\, a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See
{Continue}.]
1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous;
unceasing; lasting; abiding.

He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
--Prov. xv.
15.

2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent;
often repeated.

The eye is deligh by a continental succession of
small landscapes. --W. Irwing.

{Continual proportionals} (Math.), quantities in continued
proportion. --Brande & C.

Syn: Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing;
uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See
{Constant}, and {Continuous}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

continual
adj 1: seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what
recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and
closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the
shutters" [ant: {sporadic}]
2: `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used
interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without
interruption)


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