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CONTINUITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of a continuous and connected period of time
Synonyms:
continuity; persistence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("continuity" is a kind of...):
durability; enduringness; lastingness; strength (permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force)
Attribute:
continuous; uninterrupted (continuing in time or space without interruption)
Derivation:
continuous (continuing in time or space without interruption)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("continuity" is a kind of...):
book; playscript; script (a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Uninterrupted connection or union
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("continuity" is a kind of...):
coherence; coherency; cohesion; cohesiveness (the state of cohering or sticking together)
Antonym:
discontinuity (lack of connection or continuity)
Derivation:
continuous (continuing in time or space without interruption)
continuous (of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity)
Context examples:
An interruption or interference in continuity.
(Disruption, NCI Thesaurus)
Damage inflicted on the soft tissues and their supporting structures as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.
(Connective and Soft Tissue Injury, NCI Thesaurus)
Damage inflicted on any part of cardiovascular system as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.
(Cardiovascular Injury, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
A traumatic or pathologic injury to the femur in which the continuity of the femur is broken.
(Femur Fracture, NCI Thesaurus)
Tumor spread in continuity beyond the original site of growth without crossing the midline.
(Evans Stage II, NCI Thesaurus)
Tumor spread in continuity beyond the midline or tumor spread to lymph nodes bilaterally.
(Evans Stage III, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding of damage to the ankle joint characterized by a break in the continuity of the ankle bone.
(Ankle Fracture, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Traumatic or pathological injury to the ankle joint in which the continuity of an ankle bone is broken.
(Ankle Fracture, NCI Thesaurus)
A traumatic or pathologic injury to the clavicle in which the continuity of the clavicle is broken.
(Clavicle Fracture, NCI Thesaurus)
An injury sustained during the birthing process in which the continuity is broken in any bone that is longer in length than width.
(Fracture of Long Bone due to Birth Trauma, NCI Thesaurus)
