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Continuity - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Continuity : (noun)
1: uninterrupted connection or union [ant: discontinuity]
2: a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid
discontinuities from shot to shot
3: the property of a continuous and connected period of time
[syn: persistence]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Continuity : \Con`ti*nu"i*ty\, n.; pl. Continuities. [L.
continuitas: cf. F. continuit['e]. See Continuous.]
the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or
succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the
continuity of fibers. --Grew.
The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a
continuity of glittering objects. --Dryden.
Law of continuity (Math. & Physics), the principle that
nothing passes from one state to another without passing
through all the intermediate states.
Solution of continuity. (Math.) See under Solution.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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