continuum meaning
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[kənˈtɪnjuəm] WContinuum
- Continuum may refer to: Continuum (measurement), anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition, to a different condition,
- NounPLcontinuumsPLcontinuaPREcon-
- A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
- A continuous extent.
- A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
- (mathematics) The set of all real numbers and, more generally, a compact connected metric space.
- (music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are 1⁄100 of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.
- A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
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- A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Meaning of continuum for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "continuum" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
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