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Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.countableuncountable
- While troubleshooting the heating and cooling system, we found a lack of continuity in a circuit that is normally closed.
- Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy.
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A characteristic property of a continuous function.uncountable
- The definition of a continuous function assumes that the function is already defined for x = a. If this is not the case, however, it is sometimes possible to assign such a value to the function for x = a that the condition of continuity sha
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A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.uncountable
- In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about
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A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse.countable
- At a live filmed announcement at Midtown Comics in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso and executive editor Tom Brevoort announced a new status quo for the Marvel Universe, with worlds colliding to form a mis
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Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.uncountable
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The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.uncountable
syn. continence · continuity · continuousness · flow · ongoingness · uninterruptedness
ant. discontinuity · noncontinuity · unevenness