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CONTINUOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Continuing in time or space without interruption
Example:
moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks
Synonyms:
continuous; uninterrupted
Classified under:
Similar:
around-the-clock; day-and-night; nonstop; round-the-clock (at all times)
ceaseless; constant; incessant; never-ending; perpetual; unceasing; unremitting (uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing)
continual (having no interruptions)
dogging; persisting (relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit)
endless (having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole)
free burning; sustained ((of an electric arc) continuous)
consecutive; straight (successive (without a break))
sustained (maintained at length without interruption or weakening)
Also:
unbroken (marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence)
Attribute:
continuity; persistence (the property of a continuous and connected period of time)
Antonym:
discontinuous (not continuing without interruption in time or space)
Derivation:
continuity (the property of a continuous and connected period of time)
continuity (uninterrupted connection or union)
continuousness (the quality of something that continues without end or interruption)
continuum (a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
Classified under:
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Antonym:
discontinuous (of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities)
Derivation:
continuity (uninterrupted connection or union)
continuum (a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts)
Context examples:
EXAMPLE(S): intermittent, continuous, single event
(Adverse Event Occurrence Pattern Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Hydrogen springs from Venus to join the solar wind, the continuous stream of particles escaping the Sun.
(The ice giant Uranus appears to be losing a bit of its atmosphere to space, NASA)
“That’s why we should make a continuous follow-up during pregnancy to detect if they have been exposed to the virus even if they don’t have symptoms,” argued Durigon.
(New blood test to detect Zika approved in Brazil, SciDev.Net)
The mutations in SMOH, PTCH1, and SHH in BCCs result in continuous activation of target genes.
(Basal Cell Carcinoma Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
A continuous probability density distribution which models resonance behavior.
(Cauchy Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called continuous hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion.
(CHPP, NCI Dictionary)
A single entity that can be represented as a set of atoms usually connected through a continuous set of covalent bonds.
(Chemical Moiety, NCI Thesaurus)
A family of continuous probability distribution functions, whose shape is determined by its rate parameter.
(Exponential Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)
The occurrence of the pain, whether it is incidental or continuous.
(Pain Nature, NCI Thesaurus)
Oligodendroglial tumors histologically comprise a continuous spectrum ranging from well-differentiated neoplasms to frankly malignant tumors.
(Oligodendroglial tumor, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)
