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<cs><col>Continued bass</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as <i>thorough bass</i> or <i>figured bass</i>; basso continuo.</cd> [It.] -- <col>Continued fever</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a fever which presents no interruption in its course.</cd> -- <col>Continued fraction</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and so on.</cd> -- <col>Continued proportion</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>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 folowing one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32.</cd></cs>

<h1>Continuedly</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con*tin"u*ed*ly</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Continuously.</def>

<h1>Continuer</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con*tin"u*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence.</def> "Indulgent <i>continuers</i> in sin."

<i>Hammond.</i>

<blockquote>I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a <b>continuer</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Continuity</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`ti*nu"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Continuities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>continuitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>continuit<?/</ets>. See <er>Continuous</er>.]</ety> <def>the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; <as>as, the <ex>continuity</ex> of fibers</as>.</def>

<i>Grew.</i>

<blockquote>The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a <b>continuity</b> of glittering objects. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Law of continuity</col> <fld>(Math. & Physics)</fld>, <cd>the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states.</cd> -- <col>Solution of continuity</col>. <fld>(Math.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Solution</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Continuo</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con*ti"nu*o</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>It</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Basso continuo, or continued bass.</def>

<h1>Continuous</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con*tin"u*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>continuus</ets>, fr. <ets>continere</ets> to hold together. See <er>Continent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; <as>as, a <ex>continuous</ex> line of railroad; a <ex>continuous</ex> current of electricity.</as></def>

<blockquote>he can hear its <b>continuous</b> murmur. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.</def>

<cs><col>Continuous brake</col> <fld>(Railroad)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Continuous impost</col>. <cd>See <er>Impost</er>.</cd></cs>

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

<h1>Continuously</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con*tin"u*ous*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a continuous maner; without interruption.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Con*tin"u*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Contline</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Cont"line`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Ropemaking)</fld> <def>The space between the strands on the outside of a rope.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.</def>

<h1>Contorniate, Contorniate</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw><hw>Con*tor"ni*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Con*tor"ni*a`te</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt>, <ety>[It. <ets>contorniato</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>contorniare</ets> to make a circuit or outline, fr. <ets>contorno</ets> circuit, outline. See <er>Contour</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Numis.)</fld> <def>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.</def>