a. | 1. | Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; | ||||||
2. | (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
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Adj. | 1. | continuous - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "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"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks" Synonyms: uninterrupted Antonyms: noncontinuous, discontinuous - not continuing without interruption in time or space; "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling" |
2. | continuous - of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity Antonyms: discontinuous - of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities |