continuum

noun

A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.

A continuous extent.

(mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.

(music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

Roots

teneotinu- · Latin · hold

Synonyms for continuum

spectrumn

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