continuation

Plural: continuations

Noun

• the act of continuing an activity without interruption
• a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
• a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
• the consequence of being lengthened in duration
• The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
• That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
• A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.
• A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.

Examples

• the continuation of a story
• The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.

Synonyms

continuance, good continuation, law of continuation, lengthiness, prolongation, protraction, sequel, propagation

Antonyms

discontinuance, discontinuation, termination