Continued proportion(Math.), a proportion composed of two or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the following one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32.

Continuedly
(Con*tin"u*ed*ly) adv. Continuously.

Continuer
(Con*tin"u*er) n. One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence. "Indulgent continuers in sin." Hammond.

I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer.
Shak.

Continuity
(Con`ti*nu"i*ty) n.; pl. Continuities [L. continuitas: cf. F. continuité. See Continuous.] the state of being continuous; uninterrupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew.

The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects.
Dryden.

Law of continuity(Math. & Physics), the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states.Solution of continuity. (Math.) See under Solution.

Continuo
(||Con*ti"nu*o) n. [It.] (Mus.) Basso continuo, or continued bass.

Continuous
(Con*tin"u*ous) a. [L. continuus, fr. continere to hold together. See Continent.]

1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity.

he can hear its continuous murmur.
Longfellow.

2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

Continuous brake(Railroad), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine.Continuous impost. See Impost.

Syn.Continuous, Continual. Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of "a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Continual, in most cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid, etc. See Constant.

Continuously
(Con*tin"u*ous*ly) adv. In a continuous maner; without interruption.Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.

Contline
(Cont"line`) n.

1. (Ropemaking) The space between the strands on the outside of a rope. Knight.

2. (Naut.) The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.

Contorniate
(Con*tor"ni*ate ||Con*tor"ni*a`te) , n., [It. contorniato, p. pr. of contorniare to make a circuit or outline, fr. contorno circuit, outline. See Contour.] (Numis.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; — supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. R. S. Poole.

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