continuity

noun

Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.

(uncountable, mathematics) A characteristic property of a continuous function.

(uncountable, film) Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.

(narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.

(uncountable, radio, television) The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.

Roots

teneotinu- · Latin · hold

Synonyms for continuity

persistencen continuationn incessancyn continuancen consistencyn ceaselessnessn successionn lastingnessn constancyn regularityn consecutionn

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