| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·tin·u·ous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n-t n y -s |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent. See synonyms at continual. 2. Attached together in repeated units: a continuous form fed into a printer. 3. Mathematics Of or relating to a line or curve that extends without a break or irregularity. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin continuus. See continue. | | OTHER FORMS: | con·tinu·ous·ly —ADVERB
con·tinu·ous·ness —NOUN
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