continuum
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noun \kən-ˈtin-yü-əm\ plural con·tin·ua \-yü-ə\ also con·tin·u·ums
Definition of CONTINUUM
1
: a coherent whole characterized as a collection, sequence, or progression of values or elements varying by minute degrees <“good” and “bad”…stand at opposite ends of a continuum instead of describing the two halves of a line — Wayne Shumaker>
2
: the set of real numbers including both the rationals and the irrationals; broadly : a compact set which cannot be separated into two sets neither of which contains a limit point of the other
See Examples of CONTINUUM
- His motives for volunteering lie somewhere on the continuum between charitable and self-serving.
- a continuum of temperatures ranging from very cold to very hot
Origin of CONTINUUM
Latin, neuter of continuus
First Known Use: 1646
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