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/ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/
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/ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/
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[ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ɾi]
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[ˌkɑn.tn̩ˈ(j)u.ə.ɾi]
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/ˌkɒn.tɪˈnɪu̯.ɪ.ti/
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rhymes with -uːɪti
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Being the successor to a no longer extant organization, operating under the same name and usually claiming to be the same entity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, not-comparable
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: continuing
Antonyms: none provided
Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
While troubleshooting the heating and cooling system, we found a lack of continuity in a circuit that is normally closed. Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy.
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A characteristic property of a continuous function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences
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A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences
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Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, media, radio, television
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the property of a continuous and connected period of time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: persistence
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Broader terms: lastingness, durability, enduringness, strength
a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: script, book, playscript
uninterrupted connection or union
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: discontinuity
Broader terms: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness
Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian :
անընդհատություն
(anəndhatutʻyun)
— lack of interruption
Bulgarian :
непрекъснатост
(neprekǎsnatost)
— lack of interruption
Catalan :
continuïtat
— lack of interruption
Czech :
spojitost
— lack of interruption
Danish :
kontinuitet
— lack of interruption
Dutch :
continuïteit
— lack of interruption
Esperanto :
kontinueco
— lack of interruption
Finnish :
jatkuvuus
— lack of interruption
Finnish :
yhtäjaksoisuus
— lack of interruption
French :
continuité
— lack of interruption
Georgian :
განგრძობადობა
(gangrʒobadoba)
— lack of interruption
Georgian :
უწყვეტობა
(uc̣q̇veṭoba)
— lack of interruption
Georgian :
განუწყვეტლობა
(ganuc̣q̇veṭloba)
— lack of interruption
German :
Kontinuität
— lack of interruption
Greek :
συνέχεια
(synécheia)
— lack of interruption
Ancient Greek :
συνέχεια
(sunékheia)
— lack of interruption
Hanunoo :
amat
— lack of interruption
Hebrew :
המשכיות
(hemshekhiut)
— lack of interruption
Hindi :
निरंतरता
(nirantartā)
— lack of interruption
Hungarian :
kontinuitás
— lack of interruption
Hungarian :
folytonosság
— lack of interruption
Hungarian :
folyamatosság
— lack of interruption
Kazakh :
сабақтастық
(sabaqtastyq)
— lack of interruption
Latin :
continuitas
— lack of interruption
Malay :
kesinambungan
— lack of interruption
Māori :
ukiukitanga
— lack of interruption
Norwegian Bokmål :
kontinuitet
— lack of interruption
Norwegian Nynorsk :
kontinuitet
— lack of interruption
Polish :
ciągłość
— lack of interruption
Portuguese :
continuidade
— lack of interruption
Romanian :
continuitate
— lack of interruption
Russian :
непреры́вность
(neprerývnostʹ)
— lack of interruption
Spanish :
continuidad
— lack of interruption
Spanish :
rácord
— lack of interruption
Spanish :
racord
— lack of interruption
Swedish :
kontinuitet
— lack of interruption
Turkish :
süreklilik
— lack of interruption
Turkish :
devamlılık
— lack of interruption
Armenian :
հաջորդականություն
(haǰordakanutʻyun)
— notion in mathematics
Bulgarian :
непрекъснатост
(neprekǎsnatost)
— notion in mathematics
Catalan :
continuïtat
— notion in mathematics
Czech :
spojitost
— notion in mathematics
Dutch :
continuïteit
— notion in mathematics
Finnish :
jatkuvuus
— notion in mathematics
French :
continuité
— notion in mathematics
German :
Stetigkeit
— notion in mathematics
Hungarian :
folytonosság
— notion in mathematics
Indonesian :
kontinuitas
— notion in mathematics
Italian :
continuità
— notion in mathematics
Lithuanian :
tolydumas
— notion in mathematics
Persian :
پیوستگی
— notion in mathematics
Polish :
ciągłość
— notion in mathematics
Portuguese :
continuidade
— notion in mathematics
Russian :
неразры́вность
(nerazrývnostʹ)
— notion in mathematics
Spanish :
continuidad
— notion in mathematics
Swedish :
kontinuitet
— notion in mathematics
Tagalog :
katuluyan
— notion in mathematics
Turkish :
süreklilik
— notion in mathematics
Urdu :
تسلسل
— notion in mathematics