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Meaning of continuum

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

continuum

Pronunciation:/kənˈtɪnjuəm/

noun

Definitions

  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.

  2. A continuous extent.

  3. The 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.