Definition of continuum
plural continua
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\kən-ˈtin-yü-ə\
also continuums
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
