continuity
Americannoun
plural
continuities-
the state or quality of being continuous.
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a continuous or connected whole.
- Synonyms:
- progression, flow
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a motion-picture scenario giving the complete action, scenes, etc., in detail and in the order in which they are to be shown on the screen.
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the spoken part of a radio or television script that serves as introductory or transitional material on a nondramatic program.
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Mathematics. the property of a continuous function.
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Usually continuities. sets of merchandise, as dinnerware or encyclopedias, given free or sold cheaply by a store to shoppers as a sales promotion.
noun
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logical sequence, cohesion, or connection
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a continuous or connected whole
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the comprehensive script or scenario of detail and movement in a film or broadcast
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the continuous projection of a film, using automatic rewind
Other Word Forms
- noncontinuity noun
Etymology
Origin of continuity
1375–1425; late Middle English continuite < Anglo-French < Latin continuitās, equivalent to continu ( us ) continuous + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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Longer consultations allow for continuity, she says, similar to when she started her career and family doctors gave "cradle to grave" care.
From BBC
There’s just something about the continuity of them that makes me feel like the world isn’t on fire.
From Los Angeles Times
All of which would be merely clever if the eight-episode “Classic” were not—in addition to being the funniest series of recent memory—so devoted to the concepts of tradition and continuity in the theater.
This points to a striking continuity of goat populations on the island for more than three millennia.
From Science Daily
"The Panama Maritime Authority has taken possession of its ports and guarantees the continuity of operations," an official said after the Panamanian Supreme Court annulled Hutchison's contracts to operate the ports.
From Barron's
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