a motion-picture scenario giving the complete action, scenes, etc., in detail and in the order in which they are to be shown on the screen.
the spoken part of a radio or television script that serves as introductory or transitional material on a nondramatic program.
Mathematics. the property of a continuous function.
Usually continuities.sets of merchandise, as dinnerware or encyclopedias, given free or sold cheaply by a store to shoppers as a sales promotion.
Origin of continuity
1375–1425; late Middle English continuite<Anglo-French <Latin continuitās, equivalent to continu(us) continuous + -itās-ity
SYNONYMS FOR continuity
2 flow, progression.
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OTHER WORDS FROM continuity
non·con·tin·u·i·ty,noun
Words nearby continuity
continued education, continued fever, continued fraction, continued proportion, continuing resolution, continuity, continuity announcer, continuity equation, continuity girl, continuo, continuous
It was the right thing to do to provide connectivity and continuity for kids in school during this period of abnormality.
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Without question, Jornet is genetically gifted—OK, fine, he’s from another planet—but it’s the sheer volume and continuity of his training since grade school that may be the secret sauce behind his ability.
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The history of marriage is one of both continuity and change.
‘Skim milk’ marriages not enough: Ginsburg remembered as LGBTQ ally|Chris Johnson|September 21, 2020|Washington Blade
Her aim of sorts is for the continuity of what she’s already done—work rooted in creating human connections.
Lafalaise Dion Takes ESSENCE On A Personal Journey|Nandi Howard|September 4, 2020|Essence.com
The frame-free design creates continuity with your other screens, which is an especially helpful feature if you’re video editing or gaming.
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"We do our damnedest to produce things with some sense of continuity," David says of the Dodgers.
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That is the red thread of continuity, which runs from Decline 1.0 with Sputnik to Decline 5.0 with the post-crash.
Sunday Q&A: Josef Joffe on the Myth of American Decline|Michael Moynihan|November 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Japan had continuity—it was largely an imperial war—and the Emperor remained.
Out of the Ruins of the Second World War|Lucas Wittmann|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
First, the markets like continuity, and dislike abrupt changes.
Janet Yellen’s Historic Nomination For Federal Reserve Chairwoman|Daniel Gross|October 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Is Jewish continuity beyond for its own sake worse pursuing?
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It is only thus that the continuity of human history reveals itself to us as the most important of scientific facts.
History of the United Netherlands, 1590-1599, Vol. III. Complete|John Lothrop Motley
Neither is it owing to a difference in their continuity or explosiveness; although f is continuous, whilst p is explosive.
A Handbook of the English Language|Robert Gordon Latham
The sense of a cataclysmic disaster in death would pass and be replaced by a sense of the continuity of life.
Our Lady Saint Mary|J. G. H. Barry
Is it fanciful to hold that Brown's passion for 'continuity' had much to do with planting and confirming it?
From a Cornish Window|Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
They lack relationship, that is, assured place; they are deficient as to continuity.
Essays in Experimental Logic|John Dewey
British Dictionary definitions for continuity
continuity
/ (ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ) /
nounplural-ties
logical sequence, cohesion, or connection
a continuous or connected whole
the comprehensive script or scenario of detail and movement in a film or broadcast
the continuous projection of a film, using automatic rewind