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continuity
/ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/
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What does continuity mean?
noun
- Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
- A characteristic property of a continuous function.
- A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
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noun
- A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse.
- Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
- The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.
adjective
- 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.
It might at first seem that a country thus pulled to and fro by various influences could have no continuity or stability.
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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.
I fall back upon a fissure, a lack of continuity somewhere, although my examination fails to discover any on the Mason-bee's nest.
This sound, faint at first, then precise, then heavy and sonorous, approached slowly, without halt, without intermission, with a tranquil and terrible continuity.