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Definition of: continuum
(kən·tin′y·əm) noun plural ·tin·u·a (-tin′y·ə)
1. A total that is continuous and uninterrupted.
2. That which has perfect continuity: the continuum of space.
3. A basic, common character underlying a series or aggregation of indefinite variations.
4. Math. A set of numbers or points such that between any two of them a third may be interpolated. [<L, neut. of continuus CONTINUOUS]
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