continuous

adjective

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.

Without intervening space; continued.

(grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.

(botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

(mathematical analysis, of a function) 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.

(mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).

Roots

teneotinu- · Latin · hold

Synonyms for continuous

uninterruptedadj continualadj unceasingadj ceaselessadj incessantadj constantadj unremittingadj continuedadj continuingadj nonstopadj unbrokenadj unendingadj perpetualadj sustainedadj unvaryingadj interminableadj endlessadj

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