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continuity

/ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/

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What does continuity mean?

noun

  1. Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
  2. A characteristic property of a continuous function.
  3. A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse.
  2. Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
  3. The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.

adjective

  1. Being the successor to a no longer extant organization, operating under the same name and usually claiming to be the same entity.

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They are anticipations of some continuity or connection of an activity and a consequence which has not as yet shown itself.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
It might at first seem that a country thus pulled to and fro by various influences could have no continuity or stability.
Gustave Le BonThe Psychology of RevolutionProject Gutenberg ebook #448
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In practice this is done by means of a special instrument known as a continuity preserving transmitter, or, usually, as a transmitter.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
I fall back upon a fissure, a lack of continuity somewhere, although my examination fails to discover any on the Mason-bee's nest.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Mason-BeesTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #2884
This sound, faint at first, then precise, then heavy and sonorous, approached slowly, without halt, without intermission, with a tranquil and terrible continuity.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135