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con·ti·nu·i·ty  (knt-n-t, -ny-)
n. pl. con·ti·nu·i·ties
1. The state or quality of being continuous.
2. An uninterrupted succession or flow; a coherent whole.
3.
a. A detailed script or scenario consulted to avoid discrepancies from shot to shot in a film, allowing the various scenes to be shot out of order.
b. Spoken matter serving to link parts of a radio or television program so that no break occurs.

continuity [ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. logical sequence, cohesion, or connection
2. a continuous or connected whole
3. (Performing Arts) the comprehensive script or scenario of detail and movement in a film or broadcast
4. (Performing Arts) the continuous projection of a film, using automatic rewind
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.continuity - uninterrupted connection or union
coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness - the state of cohering or sticking together
discontinuity - lack of connection or continuity
2.continuity - a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
playscript, script, book - a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
3.continuity - the property of a continuous and connected period of time
durability, enduringness, lastingness, strength - permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products"

continuity
noun cohesion, flow, connection, sequence, succession, progression, wholeness, interrelationship They want to ensure that standardization of methods and continuity of ideas will be achieved.
Translations
continuity [ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ]
A. Ncontinuidad f
B. CPD continuity man/girl N (Cine) → secretario/a m/f de rodaje
continuity [ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪti] n
[approach, supply] → continuité f
(CINEMA) (in filming)script m
continuity announcer nspeaker(ine) m/f, annonceur/euse m/f
continuity girl n (CINEMA)script-girl f
continuity
n
Kontinuität f; the story lacks continuityder Geschichte fehlt der rote Faden
(Film) → Anschluss m; (Rad) → (verbindende) Ansagen pl
continuity [ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ] ncontinuità (Cine) → (ordine m della) sceneggiatura
continuity [ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ] ncontinuità (Cine) → (ordine m della) sceneggiatura


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In this ceaseless rush of shadows and shades, that, like the fantastic forms of clouds cast darkly upon the waters on a windy day, fly past us to fall headlong below the hard edge of an implacable horizon, we must turn to the national spirit, which, superior in its force and continuity to good and evil fortune, can alone give us the feeling of an enduring existence and of an invincible power against the fates.
But the hypothesis of continuity in mental development is clearly preferable if no psychological facts make it impossible.
With respect to a tyranny he neither says whether there will be any change in it; or if not, to what cause it will be owing; or if there is, into what other state it will alter: but the reason of this is, that a tyranny is an indeterminate government; and, according to him, every state ought to alter into the first, and most perfect, thus the continuity and circle would be preserved.
 
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