continuum

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary
US /kənˈtɪnjuəm/ UK /kənˈtɪnjuəm/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a continuous sequence with no sharp divisions

    Health and illness lie along a single continuum.

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1 noun · a continuous sequence with... spectrumcontinuityrangegradationsequencescale
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Etymology

From Latin continuum, neuter of continuus ('uninterrupted, continuous'), from continere ('to hold together'), from con- ('together') + tenere ('to hold').

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