Continuum
noun
A continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not significantly different, but the extremes are quite distinct.
The color spectrum is a continuum, slowly transitioning from one color to the next.
Often appears as...
- spectrum continuum
- mental health continuum
noun
A system, series, or process with no clear breaks or dividing lines.
The mathematical concept of a continuum, like a line or interval, contains an infinite number of points.
Often appears as...
- continuum mechanics
- continuum hypothesis
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Formal
Technical
noun
A range of things that blend into each other so that it is difficult to say where one ends and the next begins.
There’s a continuum of health conditions ranging from normal health to severe disease.
Often appears as...
- disease continuum
- educational continuum
noun
A continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not significantly different, but the extremes are quite distinct.
The color spectrum is a continuum, slowly transitioning from one color to the next.
Often appears as...
- spectrum continuum
- mental health continuum
noun
A system, series, or process with no clear breaks or dividing lines.
The mathematical concept of a continuum, like a line or interval, contains an infinite number of points.
Often appears as...
- continuum mechanics
- continuum hypothesis
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A range of things that blend into each other so that it is difficult to say where one ends and the next begins.
There’s a continuum of health conditions ranging from normal health to severe disease.
Often appears as...
- disease continuum
- educational continuum
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a smooth gradient in artwork to grasp the sense of smooth transition in a continuum.
In a social beliefs continuum, opinions change gradually like shades in a painting.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Binary
Understand 'continuum' often means situations aren't just 'black or white', there are grey areas.
People's political views aren't binary but exist on a continuum.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Levels
A continuum can show levels of intensity or development, from low to high or simple to complex.
Her motivation levels form a continuum throughout the week.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a smooth gradient in artwork to grasp the sense of smooth transition in a continuum.
In a social beliefs continuum, opinions change gradually like shades in a painting.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Binary
Understand 'continuum' often means situations aren't just 'black or white', there are grey areas.
People's political views aren't binary but exist on a continuum.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Levels
A continuum can show levels of intensity or development, from low to high or simple to complex.
Her motivation levels form a continuum throughout the week.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a smooth gradient in artwork to grasp the sense of smooth transition in a continuum.
In a social beliefs continuum, opinions change gradually like shades in a painting.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Binary
Understand 'continuum' often means situations aren't just 'black or white', there are grey areas.
People's political views aren't binary but exist on a continuum.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Levels
A continuum can show levels of intensity or development, from low to high or simple to complex.
Her motivation levels form a continuum throughout the week.
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Why some people are more...
And finally, their amygdalas are larger than average as well, by about eight percent. So together, what these data suggest is the existence of something like a caring continuum in the world that's anchored at the one end by people who are highly psychopathic, and at the other by people who are very compassionate and driven to acts of extreme altruism.
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Martin Hanczyc: The line...
now we consider that there may be a kind of continuum that exists between the two. We'll just take one example a virus is a natural system, right? But it's very simple. It's very simplistic. It doesn't really satisfy all the requirements, it doesn't have all the characteristics of living systems and is in fact a parasite
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A Tale of Two Atoms PIPE...
and if a neutron chain reaction could be triggered down there in the world of the atom's nucleus, then something like Wells's imaginary atomic bomb might be possible. He shuddered at the thought of this destructive capability. It was just the latest development on a continuum of violence that began long, long before.
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What makes a language......
Oftentimes, forms of speech exist on a kind of linguistic continuum where they overlap with others, and the differences between them are gradual— not clear cut. And that’s the confounding beauty of the dynamic, diverse, and dazzling universe of human communication.
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How many universes are...
But even that number is minuscule compared to another infinity. Some physicists think the space-time continuum is literally infinite, and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing?
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Science can answer moral...
And to say that such changes can persist after death is itself a factual claim, which, of course, may or may not be true. Now, to speak about the conditions of well-being in this life, for human beings, we know that there is a continuum of such facts.
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Questions No One Knows...
infinity. Some physicists think the space-time continuum is literally infinite and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing? Quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle.
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Science can answer moral...
can persist after death is itself a factual claim which of course may or may not be true now to speak about the conditions of well-being in this life for human beings we know that there is a continuum of such facts we know that
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The passing of time,...
compressing time, exploring the space-time continuum within a photograph. As technology evolves along with photography, photographs will not only communicate a deeper meaning of time and memory,
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Is pop art art? PIPE Amanda...
it so can I just I can see if you want the the new depressing one raise your hand okay if you want the old light-hearted a popular culture music continuum all it's a tie uh where's
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Why some people are more...
And finally, their amygdalas are larger than average as well, by about eight percent. So together, what these data suggest is the existence of something like a caring continuum in the world that's anchored at the one end by people who are highly psychopathic, and at the other by people who are very compassionate and driven to acts of extreme altruism.
Video examples
Martin Hanczyc: The line...
now we consider that there may be a kind of continuum that exists between the two. We'll just take one example a virus is a natural system, right? But it's very simple. It's very simplistic. It doesn't really satisfy all the requirements, it doesn't have all the characteristics of living systems and is in fact a parasite
Video examples
A Tale of Two Atoms PIPE...
and if a neutron chain reaction could be triggered down there in the world of the atom's nucleus, then something like Wells's imaginary atomic bomb might be possible. He shuddered at the thought of this destructive capability. It was just the latest development on a continuum of violence that began long, long before.
Video examples
What makes a language......
Oftentimes, forms of speech exist on a kind of linguistic continuum where they overlap with others, and the differences between them are gradual— not clear cut. And that’s the confounding beauty of the dynamic, diverse, and dazzling universe of human communication.
Video examples
How many universes are...
But even that number is minuscule compared to another infinity. Some physicists think the space-time continuum is literally infinite, and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing?
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
And to say that such changes can persist after death is itself a factual claim, which, of course, may or may not be true. Now, to speak about the conditions of well-being in this life, for human beings, we know that there is a continuum of such facts.
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
infinity. Some physicists think the space-time continuum is literally infinite and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing? Quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle.
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
can persist after death is itself a factual claim which of course may or may not be true now to speak about the conditions of well-being in this life for human beings we know that there is a continuum of such facts we know that
Video examples
The passing of time,...
compressing time, exploring the space-time continuum within a photograph. As technology evolves along with photography, photographs will not only communicate a deeper meaning of time and memory,
Video examples
Is pop art art? PIPE Amanda...
it so can I just I can see if you want the the new depressing one raise your hand okay if you want the old light-hearted a popular culture music continuum all it's a tie uh where's
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Laura van den Berg
American Writer
I think where a writer falls on the realism/non-realism continuum has a lot to do with their sight, as in, 'This is how I see the world.' And it seems my sight is off-kilter and kind of strange, but I come by that naturally; I'm not consciously pushing toward a particular point on the continuum.
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Randi Weingarten
American Activist
Parents need a full continuum of care and support from birth to kindergarten that is affordable and accessible - that means full day and full year. And let's not forget that even in elementary school, working parents need access to the same kind of quality, affordable after-school programs!
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Natasha Trethewey
American Poet
The more I've gotten interested in writing about history and making sense of myself within the continuum of history, the more I've turned to paintings, to art. I look to the imagery of art to help me understand something about my own place in the world.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
A child in India grows up with the idea that you have to make choices that will create a better future. In fact, your whole life is a continuum of choices, so the more conscious you are, the greater your life will be.
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Jonathan Dee
American Novelist
I'm not interested in current events per se, but I am interested in how certain aspects of social or public life that might seem ultra-contemporary actually take their place in a long American continuum.
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John Darnielle
American Musician
Life is entirely unthinkable without any of the creative arts, and they're all a continuum - the force in question is creativity, not its mode of expression.
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Herbie Hancock
American Musician
Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.
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Jane Hawking
English Author
I don't think of my life as having two marriages; I think of it as a continuum.
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Bill Bryson
American Writer
I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour.
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Jayne Anne Phillips
American Novelist
I see my work as a continuum, moving from book to book.
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Laura van den Berg
American Writer
I think where a writer falls on the realism/non-realism continuum has a lot to do with their sight, as in, 'This is how I see the world.' And it seems my sight is off-kilter and kind of strange, but I come by that naturally; I'm not consciously pushing toward a particular point on the continuum.
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Randi Weingarten
American Activist
Parents need a full continuum of care and support from birth to kindergarten that is affordable and accessible - that means full day and full year. And let's not forget that even in elementary school, working parents need access to the same kind of quality, affordable after-school programs!
Quote examples
Natasha Trethewey
American Poet
The more I've gotten interested in writing about history and making sense of myself within the continuum of history, the more I've turned to paintings, to art. I look to the imagery of art to help me understand something about my own place in the world.
Quote examples
Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
A child in India grows up with the idea that you have to make choices that will create a better future. In fact, your whole life is a continuum of choices, so the more conscious you are, the greater your life will be.
Quote examples
Jonathan Dee
American Novelist
I'm not interested in current events per se, but I am interested in how certain aspects of social or public life that might seem ultra-contemporary actually take their place in a long American continuum.
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John Darnielle
American Musician
Life is entirely unthinkable without any of the creative arts, and they're all a continuum - the force in question is creativity, not its mode of expression.
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Herbie Hancock
American Musician
Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.
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Jane Hawking
English Author
I don't think of my life as having two marriages; I think of it as a continuum.
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Bill Bryson
American Writer
I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour.
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Jayne Anne Phillips
American Novelist
I see my work as a continuum, moving from book to book.
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