continuous

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.

Examples

• a continuous current of electricity
• a continuous line of railroad
• Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.

Synonyms

uninterrupted, 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, unremitting

Antonyms

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

Related Words

constant, contain, contiguous, continued, continuity, continuum