continuity

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continuity

/ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/ Canada, UK
/ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/ US
[ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ɾi] US
[ˌkɑn.tn̩ˈ(j)u.ə.ɾi] US
[ˌkɑn.ʔn̩ˈ(j)u.ə.ɾi] US
/ˌkɒn.tɪˈnɪu̯.ɪ.ti/

Rhymes with -uːɪti

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Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.

noun continuities

countable, uncountable Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time. While troubleshooting the heating and cooling system, we found a lack of continuity in a circuit that is normally closed.
uncountable A characteristic property of a continuous function. 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 shall be satisfied.
uncountable A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories. 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 continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is b
countable A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse. 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 mish-mash of continuities that will be the setting for all Marv
uncountable Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
uncountable The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.

adjective

UK, not comparable Being the successor to a no longer extant organization, operating under the same name and usually claiming to be the same entity. The irony that was one of the other republican splinter groups in the field, the Continuity IRA, also claimed by virtue of its name that it was the authentic IRA.
Similar: continuing

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: persistence, continuation, continued, ongoing, continuance, permanency, permanence, perpetuate, constancy, perpetuation, continuing, sustained, durability, continuous, uninterrupted, stability

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noun lack of interruption

Español	continuidad, rácord, racord
हिन्दी	निरंतरता nirantartā
Português	continuidade
Français	continuité
Deutsch	Kontinuität
Ελληνικά	συνέχεια synécheia
Română	continuitate
Русский	непреры́вность neprerývnostʹ
עברית	המשכיות hemshekhiut

noun notion in mathematics

Español	continuidad
Português	continuidade
Français	continuité
Deutsch	Stetigkeit
Italiano	continuità
Русский	неразры́вность nerazrývnostʹ

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@misc{continuity_2026,
  title = {continuity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/continuity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}