continuous

Meaning

1. (not-comparable) Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
2. (not-comparable) Without intervening space; continued.
3. (not-comparable) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
4. (not-comparable) 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.
5. (broadly, not-comparable) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
6. (not-comparable) Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Opposite of

broken, discontinuous, discrete, intermittent, interrupted, disconnected, disjoint

Synonyms

uninterrupted

incessant

constant

continual

unbroken

unceasing

perpetual

permanent

ceaseless

persistent

successive

regular

progressive

eternal

running

🏃

endless

consecutive

unremitting

perennial

abiding

continuing

steady

unabating

undisturbed

interminable

invariable

everlasting

extended

sequential

pauseless

smooth

continued

progressing

recurrent

relentless

repeating

repetitive

run

run-on

serial

solid

standing

steadfast

steadily

straight

train

🚋

undying

unending

uniform

uninterruptedly

Translations

continu

continuo

continuo

stetig

kontinuierlich

continu

contínuo

continuel

ununterbrochen

ininterrotto

voortdurend

permanent

onafgebroken

fortdauernd

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/

Etymology

From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.