First Known Use: 1646
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continuum
noun con·tin·u·um \kən-ˈtin-yü-əm\
: a range or series of things that are slightly different from each other and that exist between two different possibilities
plural con·tin·ua \-yü-ə\ also con·tin·u·ums
Full Definition of CONTINUUM
1
: a coherent whole characterized as a collection, sequence, or progression of values or elements varying by minute degrees <“good” and “bad”…stand at opposite ends of a continuum instead of describing the two halves of a line — Wayne Shumaker>
2
: the set of real numbers including both the rationals and the irrationals; broadly : a compact set which cannot be separated into two sets neither of which contains a limit point of the other
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Origin of CONTINUUM
Latin, neuter of continuus
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