Continuation - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Continuation : (noun)
1: the act of continuing an activity without interruption [syn: continuance] [ant: discontinuance, discontinuance]
2: a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it [syn: sequel]
3: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendence to perceive a line as continuing its established direction [syn: good continuation, law of continuation]
4: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn: lengthiness, prolongation, protraction]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Continuation : \Con*tin`u*a"tion\, n. [L. continuatio: cf. F. connuation.] 1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

Preventing the continuation of the royal line. --Macaulay.

2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story.

My continuation of the version of Statius. --Pope.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Continuation :

See continuation passing style.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)