continuum — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.

   Synonyms

   spectrum

   Examples

   Near-synonym: spectrum

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   So, the white line implies Blacklessness and the black background implies Whitelessness – that is, once the white line, a continuum, has emerged from blackness, also a continuum, and the two continua engage in an “inter-penetrative” (Buddhist term) process.

   In fact, the influence of signage in a certain area may exist anywhere on a continuum from profoundly effective to utterly trivial or completely insignificant, irrespective of the intent motivating the signs.

2. A continuous extent.

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   A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.

3. The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.

4. A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

Noun

1. a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts

   Broader terms

   time