continuousadj.

Brit.

/kənˈtɪnjʊəs/, U.S.

/kənˈtɪnjəwəs/

Etymology: < Latin continuus hanging together, uninterrupted ( < continēre in intransitive sense ‘to hang together,’ etc.) + -ous suffix.

a. Characterized by continuity; extending in space without interruption of substance; having no interstices or breaks; having its parts in immediate connection; connected, unbroken.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > without a break

running1390

continuate1555

continual1570

perpetual1578

dead1597

continued1607

continuated1632

indistant1644

continuating1650

continuous1673

contiguousc1720

run1740

jointless1909

1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. ii. iii. 65 It is compounded of two Bodies. The one parenchymous; continuous throughout; yet somewhat pliable without a solution of its continuity.

1704 I. Newton Opticks ii. ii. 41 The dark intervals must be diminished, until the neighbouring Rings become continuous, and are blended.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vii. 6 Round the city stretch'd Their line continuous, massy as the wall Erst by the fearful Roman..raised.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xi. 352 In most cases the area inhabited by a species is continuous.

1879 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (new ed.) vi. 228 If we light a match and observe its spectrum, we find that it is continuous—that is, from red through the whole gamut of colour to the visible limit of the violet.

1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 6 Without describing a continuous line in space.

b. In unbroken connection with; joined continuously to; forming one mass with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > without a break > forming continuous extent with

continual1578

continenta1593

continuous1693

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adjective] > connected continuously to or with

continuate1555

continual1578

continenta1593

contigual1610

continuous1693

1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) ii. v. 164 Anciently continuous with Malacca.

1700 S. Parker 6 Philos. Ess. 95 The Superficies whereto it was continuous, etc.

1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 25 The mucous membrane of the eye is continuous with the skin.

†c. figurative. Obsolete.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [adjective]

wedded?a800

spousedc1300

weda1400

marriedc1400

boundenc1426

conjugate1471

nuptial?1585

yoked1607

continuous1642

wedlock-bound1667

coupled1672

conjugated1690

partnered1775

mated1821

attached1898

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. iii. 252 They were so contiguous and near in kinred, they might not be made continuous (one flesh) in marriage.

a. Of immaterial things, actions, etc.: Uninterrupted in time, sequence, or essence; going on without interruption; connected, unbroken.

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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective]

continualc1340

jointc1400

directa1513

unbroken1561

successive1586

continuate1601

uninterrupted1602

unintermitted1611

continued1628

concrete1651

constant1653

uninterrupted1657

unintermitting1661

solid1662

continuous1751

uninterrupt1776

unbroke1793

unintermittent1850

unbreathing1893

1751 J. Harris Hermes ii. ii. 243 Continuatives..consolidate Sentences into one continuous Whole.

1832 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. Electro-magnetism 60 The currents transmitted by perfect conductors are continuous; that is, their intensity is either constant, or varies insensibly during two consecutive instants.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Continuous service men, those seamen who, having entered for a period, on being paid off, are permitted to have leave, and return to the flag-ship at the port for general service.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. 700 A continuous siege of six months.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 131 The power of abstract study or continuous thought is very rare.

1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe vii. §215 Which will explain the continuous life of the universe as well as its continuous energy.

b. Grammar. Of a verb form or aspect: denoting continuous action, = progressive adj. 2e. Cf. durative adj., expanded adj. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > aspect > [adjective] > progressive

progressive1871

continuous1887

durative1889

continuative1924

1887 N.E.D. at Be v. B. 15 With the present participle, forming continuous varieties of the tenses.

1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. I. 102 Long tenses may be either continuous or recurrent, denoting repetition, habit, etc. Thus we have a continuous present in he lives in the country, a recurrent present in he goes to Germany twice a year.

1898 J. C. Nesfield Eng. Gram. v. 58 Continuous [tense]..denotes that the event (in Present, Past, or Future time) is still continuing, and is not yet completed; as, ‘I am loving’, ‘I was loving’, ‘I shall be loving’.

1904 C. T. Onions Advanced Eng. Syntax 112 When a Continuous Tense refers to a period of action, it often implies habit, e.g. ‘I shall be dining alone all week’.

1947 W. S. Allen Living Eng. Struct. 79 It might..be shown that as a continuous tense describes an action as it is taking place, the Present Continuous is the only real present tense we have in English.

1965 F. R. Palmer Ling. Study Eng. Verb iv. 59 Every second pair in the paradigm..is progressive. There is no obvious name for the category... The terms ‘continuous’ and ‘non-continuous’ are sometimes used.

1985 R. Quirk et al. Comprehensive Gram. Eng. Lang. 197 The progressive aspect (sometimes called the durative or continuous aspect) indicates a happening in progress.

Compounds

Technical uses.

continuous assessment n. Education the evaluation of a pupil's progress throughout the course of study, based on course-work as well as, or instead of, examinations; see also assessment n. 5b.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > continuous assessment

continuous assessment1959

1959 15 to 18: Rep. Cent. Advisory Council for Educ. (Eng.) (Min. of Educ.) I. xxv. 281 Some Institutes of Education are using analogous methods of continuous assessment instead of examinations.

1973 Scotsman 13 Feb. 9/3 Continuous assessment makes up 55 per cent of gradings, exams 45 per cent.

1984 D. S. Frith & H. G. Macintosh Teacher's Guide to Assessm. i. 28 Continuous assessment—a continuous updating of judgements about a pupil's performance.

continuous brake n. a continuous series of carriage brakes controlled from one point, acting upon every carriage or wheel in a train.

ΚΠ

1883 Stubbs' Mercantile Circ. 26 Sept. 862/2 The use of continuous brakes on their several lines [of railway].

continuous consonants n. those which are capable of prolonged enunciation (opposed to explosive).

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

1850 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. (ed. 3) 144 Now b, p, t, etc. are explosive, f, v, etc. continuous.]

continuous creation n. creation viewed as being a continuous process and not a single act at a particular time; spec. the view that the universe is in a steady state, new systems being formed continually to replace those that disappear.

ΚΠ

1895 G. MacDonald Lilith vi. 35 The still face might be a primeval perfection; the live eyes were a continuous creation.]

1941 C. Singer Short Hist. Sci. Ideas v. 140 Averroes believed, not in a single act of creation, but in a continuous creation.

1950 F. Hoyle Nature of Universe v. 107 With continuous creation the apparent contradiction between the expansion of the Universe and the requirement that the background material shall..condense into galaxies is completely overcome.

1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 397 The distribution of radio-stars favoured evolutionary theories of cosmology rather than more recent theories of continuous creation.

continuous-flow n. used attributively designating a system, device, etc., in which a fluid or other material flows continuously.

ΚΠ

1958 New Biol. 25 93 The oxidation tanks were run on the continuous-flow principle, with recirculation of a portion of the effluent to inoculate the influent.

1965 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) §17 p. 3 Continuous flow oxygen system, an oxygen system in which the oxygen flows during both inspiration and expiration.

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continuous function n. Mathematics a function that varies continuously, and whose differential coefficient therefore never becomes infinite.

continuous impost n. see impost n.¹

continuous journey n. = continuous voyage n.

ΚΠ

1914 Round Table Mar. 330 The decision..that the ‘continuous journey’ regulation was ultra vires.

continuous kiln n. see quot. 1910².

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > kiln > [noun] > brick- or tile-kilns

brick kiln1442

tile-kiln1531

tile-oven1535

tile-oast1591

brick oven1644

brick dryer1868

Hoffmann1875

chamber kiln1877

overdraft kiln1884

continuous kiln1890

1890 Sci. Amer. 11 Jan. 21/3 (heading) A continuous brick kiln.

1901 Notes Building Constr. (ed. 5) III. iii. 193 Tunnel kilns, called also Continuous, ‘Running’, ‘Perpetual’, or ‘Draw-Kilns’.

1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 520/1 Brick-kilns..can all be grouped under two main types—Intermittent kilns and Continuous kilns.

1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 520/2 The ‘continuous’ kiln..is really made up of a number of separate kilns or firing-chambers, built in series and connected..in such a manner that the products of combustion from one kiln may be made to pass through a number of other kilns before entering the flue.

continuous miner n. see quot. 1967.

ΚΠ

1958 A. Nelson Methods of Working v. 61 Further studies by mining engineers..led to the design and development of machines which combined the operations of cutting, breaking and loading the coal... These combined machines are popularly known as ‘continuous miners’.

1967 Gloss. Mining Terms (B.S.I.) viii. 9 Continuous miner, a machine used mainly for the cutting and loading of coal or other mineral in mine entries or narrow places.

continuous process n. an industrial process which operates without interruption (opposed to batch process.

ΚΠ

1909 Daily Chron. 11 June 7/2 Everything being on the automatic and continuous-process principle.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 389/1 The case which appears to have presented most difficulty in national legislation is the continuous process.

1954 Economist 20 Feb. 537/2 Strenuous attempts to convert their batch processes to the continuous processes which have so much lower labour costs.

1961 Times 22 Nov. 21/6 Many chemical plants, especially the continuous-process type, need very precise adjustment.

continuous spectrum n. ‘a spectrum not broken by bands or lines, but having the colors shaded into each other continuously, as that from an incandescent solid or liquid, or a gas under high pressure’ ( Webster 1890) (cf. quot. 1879 at sense 1a).

ΚΠ

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 124/2 Fluorescent radiation, showing a continuous or banded spectrum, can be excited in many gases and vapours.

continuous stationery n. see quot. 1942.

ΚΠ

1942 H. A. Maddox Dict. Stationery (ed. 2) 26 Continuous Stationery, a modern form of mechanical accounting stationery in which the sheets are of continuous length, sometimes folded concertina fashion.

1959 B.S.I. News Dec. 15 The sizes do not necessarily apply to continuous stationery.

1970 Brit. Printer June 76 Continuous stationery for computers is one of the fastest-growing specialisations in printing.

continuous stem n. Botany one without articulations.

ΚΠ

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 325 A stem is said to be continuous which has no joints.]

continuous style n. in Gothic Architecture, a style in which the mullions of a window are continued in the tracery, as distinguished from the geometrical style of earlier Gothic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > Gothic > specific

perpendicular1817

continuous style1849

Perp.1937

1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 379 There is also a tendency..throughout the Continuous style, to extend the ornamental stonework.

continuous tone n. see quot. 1968.

ΚΠ

1933 C. W. Gamble Mod. Illustr. Processes vii. 125 We may take..an artist's drawing of a landscape of washes of black pigment upon white paper..as representing a drawing in ‘continuous’ tone.

1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset iv. 43 With the indirect method the first negatives are made as formerly and they may be in continuous-tone or in dot formation.

1968 Gloss. Terms Offset Lithogr. Printing (B.S.I.) 10 Continuous tone, an image in which tonal gradation is produced by changes in density.

continuous variation n. Biology see quot. 1961.

ΚΠ

1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation 18 The fact that Continuous Variations exist is also none the less a fact.

1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Continuous variation, variation in which a series of intermediate types connects the extremes.

continuous voyage n. a voyage which, though interrupted by stops at ports or otherwise, is regarded as a single voyage in reference to the purpose for which it was undertaken (e.g. the consignment of goods or materials).

ΚΠ

1806 C. Robinson Rep. High Court Admiralty 5 365 (margin) Continuous voyage in the colonial trade of the enemy.

1808 C. Robinson Rep. High Court Admiralty 6 App. note ii That branch of the colonial principle which relates to continuous voyages.

1892 P. Cobbett Leading Cases Internat. Law (ed. 2) iii. 334 The doctrine of Continuous Voyages as applied in connection with the rule of War of 1756.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 130/2 If the ultimate destination of goods, though shipped first to a neutral port, is enemy's territory, then, according to the ‘doctrine of continuous voyages’, the goods may be treated as if they had been shipped to the enemy's territory direct.

continuous wave n. an electromagnetic (esp. radio) wave having constant amplitude and intensity; also attributive.

ΚΠ

1911 A. B. Smith Mod. Amer. Telephony xxv. 663 If it were possible to produce continuous waves for wireless telegraphy.

1920 H. M. Dowsett Wireless Telegr. iv. 70 Continuous wave transmitters.

1920 H. M. Dowsett Wireless Telegr. iv. 92 Any other long-distance continuous wave system.

1933 J. H. Morecroft Princ. Radio Communication (ed. 3) vii. 775 Tube B acts as oscillator and detector (self-heterodyne) for reception of continuous-wave signals.

1951 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 27 Automatic direction finder, an airborne equipment designed to indicate automatically the bearing of a continuous-wave ground beacon relative to the bearing of the aircraft.

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

单词	continuous
释义	continuousadj. Brit. /kənˈtɪnjʊəs/, U.S. /kənˈtɪnjəwəs/ Etymology: < Latin continuus hanging together, uninterrupted ( < continēre in intransitive sense ‘to hang together,’ etc.) + -ous suffix. 1. a. Characterized by continuity; extending in space without interruption of substance; having no interstices or breaks; having its parts in immediate connection; connected, unbroken. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > without a break running1390 continuate1555 continual1570 perpetual1578 dead1597 continued1607 continuated1632 indistant1644 continuating1650 continuous1673 contiguousc1720 run1740 jointless1909 1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. ii. iii. 65 It is compounded of two Bodies. The one parenchymous; continuous throughout; yet somewhat pliable without a solution of its continuity. 1704 I. Newton Opticks ii. ii. 41 The dark intervals must be diminished, until the neighbouring Rings become continuous, and are blended. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vii. 6 Round the city stretch'd Their line continuous, massy as the wall Erst by the fearful Roman..raised. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xi. 352 In most cases the area inhabited by a species is continuous. 1879 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (new ed.) vi. 228 If we light a match and observe its spectrum, we find that it is continuous—that is, from red through the whole gamut of colour to the visible limit of the violet. 1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 6 Without describing a continuous line in space. b. In unbroken connection with; joined continuously to; forming one mass with. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > without a break > forming continuous extent with continual1578 continenta1593 continuous1693 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adjective] > connected continuously to or with continuate1555 continual1578 continenta1593 contigual1610 continuous1693 1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) ii. v. 164 Anciently continuous with Malacca. 1700 S. Parker 6 Philos. Ess. 95 The Superficies whereto it was continuous, etc. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 25 The mucous membrane of the eye is continuous with the skin. †c. figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [adjective] wedded?a800 spousedc1300 weda1400 marriedc1400 boundenc1426 conjugate1471 nuptial?1585 yoked1607 continuous1642 wedlock-bound1667 coupled1672 conjugated1690 partnered1775 mated1821 attached1898 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. iii. 252 They were so contiguous and near in kinred, they might not be made continuous (one flesh) in marriage. 2. a. Of immaterial things, actions, etc.: Uninterrupted in time, sequence, or essence; going on without interruption; connected, unbroken. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective] continualc1340 jointc1400 directa1513 unbroken1561 successive1586 continuate1601 uninterrupted1602 unintermitted1611 continued1628 concrete1651 constant1653 uninterrupted1657 unintermitting1661 solid1662 continuous1751 uninterrupt1776 unbroke1793 unintermittent1850 unbreathing1893 1751 J. Harris Hermes ii. ii. 243 Continuatives..consolidate Sentences into one continuous Whole. 1832 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. Electro-magnetism 60 The currents transmitted by perfect conductors are continuous; that is, their intensity is either constant, or varies insensibly during two consecutive instants. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Continuous service men, those seamen who, having entered for a period, on being paid off, are permitted to have leave, and return to the flag-ship at the port for general service. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. 700 A continuous siege of six months. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 131 The power of abstract study or continuous thought is very rare. 1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe vii. §215 Which will explain the continuous life of the universe as well as its continuous energy. b. Grammar. Of a verb form or aspect: denoting continuous action, = progressive adj. 2e. Cf. durative adj., expanded adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > aspect > [adjective] > progressive progressive1871 continuous1887 durative1889 continuative1924 1887 N.E.D. at Be v. B. 15 With the present participle, forming continuous varieties of the tenses. 1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. I. 102 Long tenses may be either continuous or recurrent, denoting repetition, habit, etc. Thus we have a continuous present in he lives in the country, a recurrent present in he goes to Germany twice a year. 1898 J. C. Nesfield Eng. Gram. v. 58 Continuous [tense]..denotes that the event (in Present, Past, or Future time) is still continuing, and is not yet completed; as, ‘I am loving’, ‘I was loving’, ‘I shall be loving’. 1904 C. T. Onions Advanced Eng. Syntax 112 When a Continuous Tense refers to a period of action, it often implies habit, e.g. ‘I shall be dining alone all week’. 1947 W. S. Allen Living Eng. Struct. 79 It might..be shown that as a continuous tense describes an action as it is taking place, the Present Continuous is the only real present tense we have in English. 1965 F. R. Palmer Ling. Study Eng. Verb iv. 59 Every second pair in the paradigm..is progressive. There is no obvious name for the category... The terms ‘continuous’ and ‘non-continuous’ are sometimes used. 1985 R. Quirk et al. Comprehensive Gram. Eng. Lang. 197 The progressive aspect (sometimes called the durative or continuous aspect) indicates a happening in progress. Compounds Technical uses. continuous assessment n. Education the evaluation of a pupil's progress throughout the course of study, based on course-work as well as, or instead of, examinations; see also assessment n. 5b. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > continuous assessment continuous assessment1959 1959 15 to 18: Rep. Cent. Advisory Council for Educ. (Eng.) (Min. of Educ.) I. xxv. 281 Some Institutes of Education are using analogous methods of continuous assessment instead of examinations. 1973 Scotsman 13 Feb. 9/3 Continuous assessment makes up 55 per cent of gradings, exams 45 per cent. 1984 D. S. Frith & H. G. Macintosh Teacher's Guide to Assessm. i. 28 Continuous assessment—a continuous updating of judgements about a pupil's performance. continuous brake n. a continuous series of carriage brakes controlled from one point, acting upon every carriage or wheel in a train. ΚΠ 1883 Stubbs' Mercantile Circ. 26 Sept. 862/2 The use of continuous brakes on their several lines [of railway]. continuous consonants n. those which are capable of prolonged enunciation (opposed to explosive). 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 1850 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. (ed. 3) 144 Now b, p, t, etc. are explosive, f, v, etc. continuous.] continuous creation n. creation viewed as being a continuous process and not a single act at a particular time; spec. the view that the universe is in a steady state, new systems being formed continually to replace those that disappear. ΚΠ 1895 G. MacDonald Lilith vi. 35 The still face might be a primeval perfection; the live eyes were a continuous creation.] 1941 C. Singer Short Hist. Sci. Ideas v. 140 Averroes believed, not in a single act of creation, but in a continuous creation. 1950 F. Hoyle Nature of Universe v. 107 With continuous creation the apparent contradiction between the expansion of the Universe and the requirement that the background material shall..condense into galaxies is completely overcome. 1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 397 The distribution of radio-stars favoured evolutionary theories of cosmology rather than more recent theories of continuous creation. continuous-flow n. used attributively designating a system, device, etc., in which a fluid or other material flows continuously. ΚΠ 1958 New Biol. 25 93 The oxidation tanks were run on the continuous-flow principle, with recirculation of a portion of the effluent to inoculate the influent. 1965 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) §17 p. 3 Continuous flow oxygen system, an oxygen system in which the oxygen flows during both inspiration and expiration. Categories » continuous function n. Mathematics a function that varies continuously, and whose differential coefficient therefore never becomes infinite. continuous impost n. see impost n.¹ continuous journey n. = continuous voyage n. ΚΠ 1914 Round Table Mar. 330 The decision..that the ‘continuous journey’ regulation was ultra vires. continuous kiln n. see quot. 1910². ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > kiln > [noun] > brick- or tile-kilns brick kiln1442 tile-kiln1531 tile-oven1535 tile-oast1591 brick oven1644 brick dryer1868 Hoffmann1875 chamber kiln1877 overdraft kiln1884 continuous kiln1890 1890 Sci. Amer. 11 Jan. 21/3 (heading) A continuous brick kiln. 1901 Notes Building Constr. (ed. 5) III. iii. 193 Tunnel kilns, called also Continuous, ‘Running’, ‘Perpetual’, or ‘Draw-Kilns’. 1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 520/1 Brick-kilns..can all be grouped under two main types—Intermittent kilns and Continuous kilns. 1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 520/2 The ‘continuous’ kiln..is really made up of a number of separate kilns or firing-chambers, built in series and connected..in such a manner that the products of combustion from one kiln may be made to pass through a number of other kilns before entering the flue. continuous miner n. see quot. 1967. ΚΠ 1958 A. Nelson Methods of Working v. 61 Further studies by mining engineers..led to the design and development of machines which combined the operations of cutting, breaking and loading the coal... These combined machines are popularly known as ‘continuous miners’. 1967 Gloss. Mining Terms (B.S.I.) viii. 9 Continuous miner, a machine used mainly for the cutting and loading of coal or other mineral in mine entries or narrow places. continuous process n. an industrial process which operates without interruption (opposed to batch process. ΚΠ 1909 Daily Chron. 11 June 7/2 Everything being on the automatic and continuous-process principle. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 389/1 The case which appears to have presented most difficulty in national legislation is the continuous process. 1954 Economist 20 Feb. 537/2 Strenuous attempts to convert their batch processes to the continuous processes which have so much lower labour costs. 1961 Times 22 Nov. 21/6 Many chemical plants, especially the continuous-process type, need very precise adjustment. continuous spectrum n. ‘a spectrum not broken by bands or lines, but having the colors shaded into each other continuously, as that from an incandescent solid or liquid, or a gas under high pressure’ ( Webster 1890) (cf. quot. 1879 at sense 1a). ΚΠ 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 124/2 Fluorescent radiation, showing a continuous or banded spectrum, can be excited in many gases and vapours. continuous stationery n. see quot. 1942. ΚΠ 1942 H. A. Maddox Dict. Stationery (ed. 2) 26 Continuous Stationery, a modern form of mechanical accounting stationery in which the sheets are of continuous length, sometimes folded concertina fashion. 1959 B.S.I. News Dec. 15 The sizes do not necessarily apply to continuous stationery. 1970 Brit. Printer June 76 Continuous stationery for computers is one of the fastest-growing specialisations in printing. continuous stem n. Botany one without articulations. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 325 A stem is said to be continuous which has no joints.] continuous style n. in Gothic Architecture, a style in which the mullions of a window are continued in the tracery, as distinguished from the geometrical style of earlier Gothic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > Gothic > specific perpendicular1817 continuous style1849 Perp.1937 1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 379 There is also a tendency..throughout the Continuous style, to extend the ornamental stonework. continuous tone n. see quot. 1968. ΚΠ 1933 C. W. Gamble Mod. Illustr. Processes vii. 125 We may take..an artist's drawing of a landscape of washes of black pigment upon white paper..as representing a drawing in ‘continuous’ tone. 1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset iv. 43 With the indirect method the first negatives are made as formerly and they may be in continuous-tone or in dot formation. 1968 Gloss. Terms Offset Lithogr. Printing (B.S.I.) 10 Continuous tone, an image in which tonal gradation is produced by changes in density. continuous variation n. Biology see quot. 1961. ΚΠ 1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation 18 The fact that Continuous Variations exist is also none the less a fact. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Continuous variation, variation in which a series of intermediate types connects the extremes. continuous voyage n. a voyage which, though interrupted by stops at ports or otherwise, is regarded as a single voyage in reference to the purpose for which it was undertaken (e.g. the consignment of goods or materials). ΚΠ 1806 C. Robinson Rep. High Court Admiralty 5 365 (margin) Continuous voyage in the colonial trade of the enemy. 1808 C. Robinson Rep. High Court Admiralty 6 App. note ii That branch of the colonial principle which relates to continuous voyages. 1892 P. Cobbett Leading Cases Internat. Law (ed. 2) iii. 334 The doctrine of Continuous Voyages as applied in connection with the rule of War of 1756. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 130/2 If the ultimate destination of goods, though shipped first to a neutral port, is enemy's territory, then, according to the ‘doctrine of continuous voyages’, the goods may be treated as if they had been shipped to the enemy's territory direct. continuous wave n. an electromagnetic (esp. radio) wave having constant amplitude and intensity; also attributive. ΚΠ 1911 A. B. Smith Mod. Amer. Telephony xxv. 663 If it were possible to produce continuous waves for wireless telegraphy. 1920 H. M. Dowsett Wireless Telegr. iv. 70 Continuous wave transmitters. 1920 H. M. Dowsett Wireless Telegr. iv. 92 Any other long-distance continuous wave system. 1933 J. H. Morecroft Princ. Radio Communication (ed. 3) vii. 775 Tube B acts as oscillator and detector (self-heterodyne) for reception of continuous-wave signals. 1951 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 27 Automatic direction finder, an airborne equipment designed to indicate automatically the bearing of a continuous-wave ground beacon relative to the bearing of the aircraft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1642
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