| 单词 | continuous |
| 释义 | Word Frequency continuous(kənˈtɪnjʊəs) adjective ▶ USAGE Both continual and continuous can be used to say that something continues without interruption, but only continual can correctly be used to say that something keeps happening repeatedly1. prolonged without interruption; unceasing a continuous noise 2. in an unbroken series or pattern 3. mathematics (of a function or curve) changing gradually in value as the variable changes in value. A functionfis continuous if at every value a of the independent variable the difference between f(x) and f(a) approaches zero as x approaches a Compare discontinuous (sense 2), See also limit (sense 5)4. statistics (of a variable) having a continuum of possible values so that its distribution requires integration rather than summation to determine its cumulative probability Compare discrete (sense 3) 5. grammar another word for progressive (sense 8) Derived forms continuously (conˈtinuously) adverb continuousness (conˈtinuousness) noun Word origin C17: from Latin continuus, from continēre to hold together, contain |
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