continuity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: continuity	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
continuity n uninterrupted connection or union Antonym(s): discontinuity a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot the property of a continuous and connected period of time Synonym(s): continuity, persistence
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Continuity \Con`tinu"ity\, n.; pl. {Continuities}. [L. continuitas: cf. F. continuit[82]. 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}.