con·tin·u·um (k n-t n y -m)n. pl. con·tin·u·a (-t ny-) or con·tin·u·ums 1. A continuous extent, succession, or whole, no part of which can be distinguished from neighboring parts except by arbitrary division. 2. Mathematics a. A set having the same number of points as all the real numbers in an interval. b. The set of all real numbers. [Latin, neuter of continuus, continuous; see continue.] |
continuum [kənˈtɪnjʊəm]
n pl -tinua [-ˈtɪnjʊə], -tinuums
a continuous series or whole, no part of which is perceptibly different from the adjacent parts
[from Latin, neuter of continuus continuous]
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| Noun | 1. | continuum - a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past history - the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history" |
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