continuous
/kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/ · adjective
Meaning
- Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption
- Without intervening space; continued
- Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
- (of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
- (more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
- (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.
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