continuum
Meaning
Noun
- A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
- A continuous extent.
- The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
- A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.
Related
Similar words
- ℝ
Origin
- Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō.
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