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continuum

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Main Entry:
con·tin·u·um 
          Listen to the pronunciation of continuum
Pronunciation:
\kən-ˈtin-yü-əm\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural con·tin·u·ua \-yü-ə\ also con·tin·u·ums
Etymology:
Latin, neuter of continuus
Date:
1646
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


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