continuum
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7.2
- noun
- /kənˈtɪn.ju.əm/
- Specialized
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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.
- I think that steaks to me kind of exist in two continuums, tenderness and flavour.
- It's a it's a continuum of getting worse rather than this switch.
- Autonomic arousal is just the continuum, the range of alert to calm.
- You know, it's, there's a real continuum in that.
- What we get is just life on a continuum.
- But like life has way more continuums than binaries.
- As I said, I think all human behavior is on a continuum.
- And I thought, Oh my goodness, of course, this is the time space continuum.
- It's not OK to harm anyone on the full continuum of violence to anything else.
- It's that that continuum with learn one, do one, teach one.
- That is an eternal continuum, tap through fire, truth and love.
Examples
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And so there's a continuum there, but there's a process of changing.
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So translation exists on a continuum of philosophy.
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So we really have a continuum of school choice.
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Although of course health is a continuum, it is different for each of us.
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It's sort of creating a continuum between the real world and the virtual world.
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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.
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The colors on the spectrum blend into each other, creating a beautiful continuum of shades.
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Emotions can be understood as a continuum, where happiness and sadness are just two ends of a larger range.
Synonyms
31
3.7
All numbers or values that a math function can give
12
3.7
All numbers between two values
Compounds
- Specialized
13
8.1
A four-dimensional framework that joins space and time where events happen
How Continuous
Surface Forms
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.