Continuum Definition

kən-tĭnyo͝o-əm
continua, continuums
noun
A continuous whole, quantity, or series; thing whose parts cannot be separated or separately discerned.
Webster's New World
A set having the same number of points as all the real numbers in an interval.
American Heritage
The set of all real numbers.
Webster's New World

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.

Wiktionary

A continuous extent.

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Noun

Singular:
continuum
Plural:
continua, continuums

Origin of Continuum

  • From Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin neuter of continuus continuous continue

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Continuum Sentence Examples

  • On the other hand, many evolutionists ignore the certainty that there must be a continuum in any real evolutionary process.

  • The space-time continuum, which is a fancy way of saying " we don't know.

  • Some survey questions ask you to rate statements on a "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree" continuum while others ask you to type a response to specific questions.

  • The four basic parenting styles tend to fall on either side of a basic continuum between those parents who are heavy on discipline and those parents who tend to take a different more child centered approach.

  • Much like lactose intolerance, gluten intolerance works along a continuum.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

MUMUUM

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