continuum

Betekenis (Engels)

1. 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.
2. A continuous extent.
3. The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
4. 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.

Concepten

continuüm

Synoniemen

continuous spectrum

sequence

succession

continuous medium

continuous body

continua

nonindividual body

continuous flow

smooth flow

Vertalingen

continuum

Kontinuum

continuo

continuo

continuum

continu

συνεχές

continu

série contínua

conjunto contínuo

bölünmemiş şey

süreç

sürekli dizi

الإستمرارية

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kənˈtɪnjuəm/

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”).