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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•ti•nu•i•ty /ˌkɑntənˈuɪti, -ˈyu-/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the state or quality of being smoothly continuous and uninterrupted:The U.S. has enjoyed political continuity since the Civil War.
- Show Businessthe condition in a motion-picture scene in which all details of the action, speaking, effects, etc., follow one another smoothly:The scene had fluidity and continuity.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•ti•nu•i•ty (kon′tn o̅o̅′i tē, -tn yo̅o̅′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - the state or quality of being continuous.
- a continuous or connected whole.
- Show Businessa 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.
- Show Businessthe spoken part of a radio or television script that serves as introductory or transitional material on a nondramatic program.
- Mathematicsthe property of a continuous function.
- Communications, BusinessUsually, continuities. sets of merchandise, as dinnerware or encyclopedias, given free or sold cheaply by a store to shoppers as a sales promotion.
- Latin continuitās, equivalent. to continu(us) continuous + -itās -ity
- Anglo-French
- late Middle English continuite 1375–1425
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged flow, progression.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: continuity /ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ/ n ( pl -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
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