continua

Noun

continuum (plural continuums or continua)

1. 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.
   • Near-synonym: spectrum

   Synonyms:

   spectrum

2. A continuous extent.
   • 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.2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3
3. The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.

   Synonyms:

   ℝ

4. 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.