continuum

con·tin·u·um  (kn-tny-m)

n. pl. con·tin·u·a (-tny-) 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.

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[Latin, neuter of continuus, continuous; see continue.]

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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]

Thesaurus

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"

Translations

continuum [kənˈtɪnjʊəm] N (continuums or continua (pl)) → continuo m

continuum [kənˈtɪnjʊəm] [continuums] (pl) [continua] [kənˈtɪnjʊə] (pl) n

(on scale) → continuum m

(= series) → continuum m

continuum

n → Kontinuum nt

continuum [kənˈtɪnjʊəm] n (frm) → continuum m inv

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continuum [kənˈtɪnjʊəm] n (frm) → continuum m inv