continuous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   continuing in time or space without interruption

   a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light- James Jeans

2. 2
   adj

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

   a continuous current of electricity

3. 3
   adj

   Without intervening space; continued.

   a continuous line of railroad

4. 4
   adj

   Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).

   Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.

5. 5
   adj

   of a function or curve

6. 6
   adj

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

7. 7
   adj

   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.

8. 8
   adj

   Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Etymology

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