continuity

Plural: continuities

Noun

• uninterrupted connection or union
• a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
• the property of a continuous and connected period of time
• Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
• A characteristic property of a continuous function.
• A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
• Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
• The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.

Examples

• Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy.
• While troubleshooting the heating and cooling system, we found a lack of continuity in a circuit that is normally closed.

Synonyms

persistence, continence, continuity, continuousness, flow, ongoingness, uninterruptedness

Antonyms

discontinuity, noncontinuity, unevenness

Related Words

continual, continue, continuousness