Hypertext Webster Gateway: "continuity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Continuity \Con`ti*nu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Continuities}. [L.
continuitas: cf. F. continuit['e]. See {Continuous}.]
the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or
succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the
continuity of fibers. --Grew.
The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a
continuity of glittering objects. --Dryden.
{Law of continuity} (Math. & Physics), the principle that
nothing passes from one state to another without passing
through all the intermediate states.
{Solution of continuity}. (Math.) See under {Solution}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
continuity
n 1: uninterrupted connection or union [ant: {discontinuity}]
2: a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid
discontinuities from shot to shot
3: the property of a continuous and connected period of time
[syn: {persistence}]
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