continuous
/kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/ adjective B1- Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption. · the continuous roar of a waterfall· a continuous current of electricity
- Without intervening space; continued. · a continuous line of railroad
- 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). · Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.
- Expressing an ongoing action or state.
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At the end farthest from the house they thickened into a continuous hedge.
There was a thin, crisp, continuous patter from somewhere in the heart of that crawling bank.
The loud noise sounds like continuous thunder in the air.
Arriving at the Pacific coast after days of continuous overland travel felt remarkably different from stepping off a quick flight.
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