continuous

Meanings

Adjective

• continuing in time or space without interruption; - James Jeans
  • "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"
  • "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"
  • "lived in continuous fear"
  • "a continuous row of warehouses"
  • "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"
• of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity

Adj

• Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
• Without intervening space; continued.
• Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
• Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
• Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
• Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Synonyms

amaranthine, ceaseless, connected, constant, continual, continuate, continued, continuous, dreich, endless, eternal, everlasting, extended, incessant, infinite, lasting, never-ending, nonstop, ongoing, permanent, perpetual, persistent, protracted, relentless, steady, still, termless, unbroken, unceasing, unending, uniform, unintermitted, uninterrupted, unremitting

Antonyms

broken, disconnected, discontinuous, discrete, disjoint, ending, intermittent, interrupted, non-continuous, noncontinuous, stopped

Related Words

constant, contain, contiguous, continued, continuity, continuum