continuantadj.n.

/kənˈtɪnjuːənt/

Etymology: < French continuant or Latin continuānt- present participle of continuāre.

A. adj.

1. Continuing, persisting in time, enduring; remaining in force.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring

longeOE

longsomeeOE

long of lifeOE

lastinga1225

cleaving1340

continualc1340

dwellingc1380

long-livinga1382

everlastingc1384

long-duringa1387

long-lasting?a1400

long-liveda1400

broadc1400

permanable?c1422

perseverant?a1425

permanentc1425

perdurable?a1439

continuedc1440

abiding1448

unremoved1455

eternalc1460

long-continued1464

continuing1526

long-enduring1527

enduring1532

immortal1538

diuturn?1541

veterated1547

resiant?1567

stayinga1568

well-wearinga1568

substantive1575

pertinacious1578

extant1581

ceaseless1590

marble1596

of length1597

longeval1598

diuturnal1599

nine-lived1600

chronic1601

unexhausted1602

chronical1604

endurable1607

continuant1610

indeflourishing1610

aged1611

indurant1611

continuatea1616

perennious1628

seculara1631

undiscontinueda1631

continuated1632

untransitory1632

long-spun1633

momently1641

stative1643

outliving1645

constant1653

long-descended1660

voluminousa1661

perduring1664

perdurant1671

livelong1673

perennial1676

longeve1678

consequential1681

unquenched1703

lifelong1746

momentary1755

inveterate1780

stabile1797

persistent1826

unpassing1831

all-time1846

year-long1846

teak-built1847

lengthful1855

long-term1867

long haul1873

sticky1879

week-to-week1879

perenduring1883

long-range1885

longish1889

long-time1902

long run1904

long-life1915

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God v. xviii. 223 Romes Empire..so spacious, and so continuant.

1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. 36 Whether this..Order be continuant or expired.

1660 J. Gauden Mem. Bp. Brounrigg 117 The dispensations are..neither frequent nor continuant.

1933 Mind 42 72 Since there is nothing changeless in them, ‘things’ are not really continuant entities.

2. Capable of a continuous sound: applied to certain consonants; see B. 1.

B. n.

1. A consonant of which the sound can be continued or prolonged, as opposed to a stop or check, in which the sound is produced by the explosion of a stoppage in some part of the oral cavity. Commonly applied to the sounds /f/, /v/, /θ/, /ð/, /s/, /z/, etc. as contrasted with the stops /p/ /b/, /t/, /d/, etc., but also including liquids and nasals.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > obstruent > spirant or continuant

continuous consonants1850

continuant1861

spirant1862

egressive1902

1861 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 8 373 When the continuant is a fluid consonant.

1887 Athenæum 13 Aug. 207/1 He retains the incorrect designation of the Teutonic continuants as ‘aspirates’..It seems to be implied that the Teutonic surd continuants changed directly into voiced stops, the theoretical intermediate stage of voiced continuants being ignored.

2. Mathematics. In Theory of Equations, ‘A determinant in which all the constituents vanish except those in the principal diagonal and two bordering minor diagonals’. Salmon Higher Alg. (1885) 18.

ΚΠ

1873–4 Muir Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb.

1886 W. S. Burnside & A. W. Panton Theory of Equations (new ed.) xi. §129. 285 It appears that the quotient of any determinant by the one next below it in the series can be expressed as a continued fraction in terms of the given constituents. On account of this property determinants of the form here treated are called continuants.

3. Philosophy. An existent, or something physical or psychical manifested in space and time, that retains its identity though changing its states or relations or when regarded as having different states or relations.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [noun] > being or entity > that exists in time and space and can be perceived

material objecta1651

physical object1752

continuant1917

1917 W. E. Johnson in Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 17 431 We are thinking of a body X which continues to exist (and which may therefore be called a continuant), while the movement from A to B..is occurring.

1920 J. Laird Study Realism ii. 27 The physical things of common sense..are continuants in time.

1933 Mind 42 161 It is of the essence of Spinoza's theory that there are no finite continuants.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	continuant
释义	continuantadj.n. /kənˈtɪnjuːənt/ Etymology: < French continuant or Latin continuānt- present participle of continuāre. A. adj. 1. Continuing, persisting in time, enduring; remaining in force. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring longeOE longsomeeOE long of lifeOE lastinga1225 cleaving1340 continualc1340 dwellingc1380 long-livinga1382 everlastingc1384 long-duringa1387 long-lasting?a1400 long-liveda1400 broadc1400 permanable?c1422 perseverant?a1425 permanentc1425 perdurable?a1439 continuedc1440 abiding1448 unremoved1455 eternalc1460 long-continued1464 continuing1526 long-enduring1527 enduring1532 immortal1538 diuturn?1541 veterated1547 resiant?1567 stayinga1568 well-wearinga1568 substantive1575 pertinacious1578 extant1581 ceaseless1590 marble1596 of length1597 longeval1598 diuturnal1599 nine-lived1600 chronic1601 unexhausted1602 chronical1604 endurable1607 continuant1610 indeflourishing1610 aged1611 indurant1611 continuatea1616 perennious1628 seculara1631 undiscontinueda1631 continuated1632 untransitory1632 long-spun1633 momently1641 stative1643 outliving1645 constant1653 long-descended1660 voluminousa1661 perduring1664 perdurant1671 livelong1673 perennial1676 longeve1678 consequential1681 unquenched1703 lifelong1746 momentary1755 inveterate1780 stabile1797 persistent1826 unpassing1831 all-time1846 year-long1846 teak-built1847 lengthful1855 long-term1867 long haul1873 sticky1879 week-to-week1879 perenduring1883 long-range1885 longish1889 long-time1902 long run1904 long-life1915 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God v. xviii. 223 Romes Empire..so spacious, and so continuant. 1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. 36 Whether this..Order be continuant or expired. 1660 J. Gauden Mem. Bp. Brounrigg 117 The dispensations are..neither frequent nor continuant. 1933 Mind 42 72 Since there is nothing changeless in them, ‘things’ are not really continuant entities. 2. Capable of a continuous sound: applied to certain consonants; see B. 1. B. n. 1. A consonant of which the sound can be continued or prolonged, as opposed to a stop or check, in which the sound is produced by the explosion of a stoppage in some part of the oral cavity. Commonly applied to the sounds /f/, /v/, /θ/, /ð/, /s/, /z/, etc. as contrasted with the stops /p/ /b/, /t/, /d/, etc., but also including liquids and nasals. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > obstruent > spirant or continuant continuous consonants1850 continuant1861 spirant1862 egressive1902 1861 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 8 373 When the continuant is a fluid consonant. 1887 Athenæum 13 Aug. 207/1 He retains the incorrect designation of the Teutonic continuants as ‘aspirates’..It seems to be implied that the Teutonic surd continuants changed directly into voiced stops, the theoretical intermediate stage of voiced continuants being ignored. 2. Mathematics. In Theory of Equations, ‘A determinant in which all the constituents vanish except those in the principal diagonal and two bordering minor diagonals’. Salmon Higher Alg. (1885) 18. ΚΠ 1873–4 Muir Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 1886 W. S. Burnside & A. W. Panton Theory of Equations (new ed.) xi. §129. 285 It appears that the quotient of any determinant by the one next below it in the series can be expressed as a continued fraction in terms of the given constituents. On account of this property determinants of the form here treated are called continuants. 3. Philosophy. An existent, or something physical or psychical manifested in space and time, that retains its identity though changing its states or relations or when regarded as having different states or relations. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [noun] > being or entity > that exists in time and space and can be perceived material objecta1651 physical object1752 continuant1917 1917 W. E. Johnson in Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 17 431 We are thinking of a body X which continues to exist (and which may therefore be called a continuant), while the movement from A to B..is occurring. 1920 J. Laird Study Realism ii. 27 The physical things of common sense..are continuants in time. 1933 Mind 42 161 It is of the essence of Spinoza's theory that there are no finite continuants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1610
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