continuous — Dicionário de inglês

Adjetivo

1. Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Sinônimos

   perpetualnonstopincessantongoing

   Antônimos

   brokendiscontinuousdiscreteintermittentinterrupted

   Exemplos

   the continuous roar of a waterfall

   a continuous current of electricity

   Mais exemplos (1)

   he can hear its continuous murmur

2. Without intervening space; continued.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Sinônimos

   protractedextendedconnectedcontinuedunbroken

   Antônimos

   brokendisconnecteddisjoint

   Exemplos

   a continuous line of railroad

   Mais exemplos (1)

   […] the Plan incorporates in proper combination every available modern technique, including extensive electrification on the new standard high-voltage a.c. system at a frequency of 50 cycles; main-line diesel traction as a half-way house to electrification; lightweight diesel trains for secondary and branch services; and a smaller wagon fleet doing more work by the use of continuous brakes in conjunction with modernised terminals and marshalling yards.

   The dynamic tests at Wildenrath use continuous test tracks built on the site of a former Royal Air Force station that was vacated after the end of the Cold War.

3. Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

4. Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.

   Uso

   • not-comparable
   • of a function

5. Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).

   Uso

   • broadly
   • not-comparable
   • of a function between two topological spaces

   Exemplos

   Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.

6. Expressing an ongoing action or state.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

Adjetivo

1. continuing in time or space without interruption

   Sinônimos

   uninterrupted

   Antônimos

   discontinuous

   Exemplos

   a continuous bout of illness lasting six months

   lived in continuous fear

   Mais exemplos (3)

   a continuous row of warehouses

   a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it

   moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks

2. of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity

   Antônimos

   discontinuous