continuity
English
/ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːəti/, /ˌkɑntɪˈn(j)uːəti/
noun
Definitions
- Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
- (uncountable) A characteristic property of a continuous function.
- (narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
- (uncountable) Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
- (uncountable) The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French continuité borrowed from Latin continuitas.
Origin
Latin
continuitas
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bicontinuity English
- equicontinuity English
- hemicontinuity English
- noncontinuity English
- semicontinuity English
- continuitas Latin
- continuus Latin
- continuité French
- コンティニュイティ Japanese
- kontinuitet Danish
- continuité Middle French