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continuum

con·tin·u·um
C c

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuh n-tin-yoo-uh m]
    • /kənˈtɪn yu əm/
    • /kənˈtɪn.ju.əm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh n-tin-yoo-uh m]
    • /kənˈtɪn yu əm/

Definitions of continuum word

  • countable noun continuum A continuum is a set of things on a scale, which have a particular characteristic to different degrees. 3
  • countable noun continuum A continuum is a continuous series of closely connected events. 3
  • noun continuum a continuous series or whole, no part of which is perceptibly different from the adjacent parts 3
  • noun continuum a continuous whole, quantity, or series; thing whose parts cannot be separated or separately discerned 3
  • noun continuum the set of all real numbers 3
  • noun plural continuum a continuous extent, series, or whole. 1
See all 14 definitions of continuum

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Origin of continuum

First appearance:

before 1640
One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50; < Latin, noun use of neuter of continuus continuous

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Parts of speech for Continuum

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Continuum

continuum popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for continuum

noun continuum

  • continuity — Continuity is the fact that something continues to happen or exist, with no great changes or interruptions.
  • continuance — The continuance of something is its continuation.
  • perpetuity — the state or character of being perpetual (often preceded by in): to desire happiness in perpetuity.
  • sequence — the following of one thing after another; succession.
  • continuing — not ended; ongoing
All 6 Synonyms of continuum

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Related words

  • space-time

    Also called space-time continuum. the four-dimensional continuum, having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate, in which all physical quantities may be located.

  • acrolect

    the most standard form of language

  • basilect

    (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region

  • cline

    a continuous variation in form between members of a species having a wide variable geographical or ecological range

  • continuous variation

    variation in phenotypic traits such as body weight or height in which a series of types are distributed on a continuum rather than grouped into discrete categories. Compare discontinuous variation.

  • continuum hypothesis

    the assertion that there is no set whose cardinality is greater than that of the integers and smaller than that of the reals
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