Attributes:continuity persistence
Synset:uninterrupted
Examples:
- a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light - James Jeans
- a continuous bout of illness lasting six months
- lived in continuous fear
- a continuous row of warehouses
- a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it
- moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks
Antonyms:discontinuous
Derivationally Related Form:continuitycontinuousnesscontinuum
Inherited Hypernyms:continuous
Similar to:around-the-clock day-and-night nonstop round-the-clock ceaseless constant incessant never-ending perpetual unceasing unremitting continual dogging persisting endless free burning sustained consecutive straight sustained
See also:unbroken