continuum

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

continuous spectrum

sequence

succession

continuous medium

continuous body

continua

nonindividual body

continuous flow

smooth flow

Translations

continuum

Kontinuum

continuo

continuo

continuum

συνεχές

continu

continu

variedade

série contínua

conjunto contínuo

bölünmemiş şey

süreç

sürekli dizi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈtɪnjuəm/

Etymology

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