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CONTINUOUSLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At every point
Example:
The function is continuously differentiable
Classified under:
Pertainym:
continuous (of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
With unflagging resolve
Example:
dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
Synonyms:
ceaselessly; continuously; endlessly; incessantly; unceasingly; unendingly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
continuous (continuing in time or space without interruption)
Context examples:
A process that forms a solid dosage unit by continuously cutting a uniform material into equally sized segments.
(Die Cutting Formulation Process, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon application to the skin, nitroglycerin is continuously released from the patch and absorbed.
(Nitroglycerin Transdermal Patch, NCI Thesaurus)
Voyager 2, launched before Voyager 1, is the longest continuously operated spacecraft and is expected to enter interstellar space in a few years.
(Sun sends more 'tsunami waves' to Voyager 1, NASA)
Many normal cells continuously grow, die, and replicate.
(Senolytic drugs reverse damage caused by senescent cells in mice, National Institutes of Health)
An adverse event that extends continuously, without resolution between treatment cycles or courses.
(Persistent Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)
They watched them continuously, and this morning they saw me arrive.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
By the middle of the second day he had been running continuously for thirty hours, and the iron of his flesh was giving out.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
They, on their part, drew gradually together towards the far end of the block house, and the low hiss of their whispering sounded in my ear continuously, like a stream.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It was a staid, respectable magazine, and it had been published continuously since long before he was born.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
As it turns, the demagnetized spot regains its magnetization and a new spot is illuminated and demagnetized, causing the engine to continuously rotate.
(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
