Chapter Continually to Contract of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

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Continued proportion (Math.), a proportion composed of two or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the following one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32.

Continuedly
(Con*tin"u*ed*ly) adv. Continuously.

Continuer
(Con*tin"u*er) n. One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence. "Indulgent continuers in sin." Hammond.

I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer.
Shak.

Continuity
(Con`ti*nu"i*ty) n.; pl. Continuities [L. continuitas: cf. F. continuité. See Continuous.] the state of being continuous; uninterrupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew.

The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects.
Dryden.

Law of continuity (Math. & Physics), the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states. — Solution of continuity. (Math.) See under Solution.

Continuo
(||Con*ti"nu*o) n. [It.] (Mus.) Basso continuo, or continued bass.

Continuous
(Con*tin"u*ous) a. [L. continuus, fr. continere to hold together. See Continent.]

1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity.

he can hear its continuous murmur.
Longfellow.

2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

Continuous brake (Railroad), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine. — Continuous impost. See Impost.

Syn. — Continuous, Continual. Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of "a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Continual, in most cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid, etc. See Constant.

Continuously
(Con*tin"u*ous*ly) adv. In a continuous maner; without interruption. — Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.

Contline
(Cont"line`) n.

1. (Ropemaking) The space between the strands on the outside of a rope. Knight.

2. (Naut.) The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.

Contorniate
(Con*tor"ni*ate ||Con*tor"ni*a`te) , n., [It. contorniato, p. pr. of contorniare to make a circuit or outline, fr. contorno circuit, outline. See Contour.] (Numis.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; — supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. R. S. Poole.