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continuum

continuum

66 7.2
A range of things where nearby parts seem the same and the ends are very different
  • noun
  • /kənˈtɪn.ju.əm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : continuo
  • In physics, a continuum refers to a seamless series of values or states, without clear boundaries.
  • point on the continuum
  • end of the continuum
  • middle of the continuum

I think that steaks to me kind of exist in two continuums, tenderness and flavour.

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Examples

  • And so there's a continuum there, but there's a process of changing.

  • So translation exists on a continuum of philosophy.

  • So we really have a continuum of school choice.

  • Although of course health is a continuum, it is different for each of us.

  • It's sort of creating a continuum between the real world and the virtual world.

  • Such evaluation outcomes are part of a continuum rather than separate systems.

    Academic text (1990)
  • One common view is that parent involvement lies on a continuum that ranges from low to high involvement.

    Academic text (1999)
  • We're all on a continuum from shyness to extroversion.

  • The colors on the spectrum blend into each other, creating a beautiful continuum of shades.

  • Emotions can be understood as a continuum, where happiness and sadness are just two ends of a larger range.

Synonyms

range
vscontinuum
  • Specialized
31 3.7

All numbers or values that a math function can give

highlights smooth progression where adjacent elements are barely different
interval
vscontinuum
  • Specialized
12 3.7

All numbers between two values

emphasizes gradual change so adjacent items appear almost identical

Compounds

space-time continuum
  • Specialized
13 8.1

A four-dimensional framework that joins space and time where events happen

How Continuous

spectrum
192 4.8
continuum
  • Specialized
66 7.2
to range
247 2.8
series
  • Specialized
49 5.7
discrete
24 6.1

Surface Forms

continuum singular
continuums plural
continua plural

Etymology

Continuum comes from the Latin root continu- meaning 'unbroken' and is the same root as the common word continue. So a continuum is a range or line that keeps going with no clear breaks between its parts.