continuum
See also: continuüm
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈtɪnjuəm/
Noun
continuum (plural continuums or continua)
- A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
- A continuous extent.
- 2012 March 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 112-3:
- A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
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- (mathematics) The set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
- (music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are 1⁄100 of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.
Synonyms
- (set of real numbers): ℝ (translingual)
Derived terms
- continuum hypothesis
- continuum mechanics
- continuum theory
Related terms
Translations
continuous series or whole
continuous extent
set of real numbers
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkontinu.um/, [ˈko̞nt̪inu.um]
- Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nuum
Declension
Inflection of continuum (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | continuum | continuumit | |
genitive | continuumin | continuumien | |
partitive | continuumia | continuumeja | |
illative | continuumiin | continuumeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | continuum | continuumit | |
accusative | nom. | continuum | continuumit |
gen. | continuumin | ||
genitive | continuumin | continuumien | |
partitive | continuumia | continuumeja | |
inessive | continuumissa | continuumeissa | |
elative | continuumista | continuumeista | |
illative | continuumiin | continuumeihin | |
adessive | continuumilla | continuumeilla | |
ablative | continuumilta | continuumeilta | |
allative | continuumille | continuumeille | |
essive | continuumina | continuumeina | |
translative | continuumiksi | continuumeiksi | |
instructive | — | continuumein | |
abessive | continuumitta | continuumeitta | |
comitative | — | continuumeineen |
Latin
Adjective
continuum
References
- continuum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Noun
continuum m (plural continuuns or continua)
- continuum (series where neighbouring elements are very similar, but distant elements are very different)
Related terms
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