Word of the Day:
continuous
What It Means
Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
Without intervening space; continued.
Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.
Continuous in Context
“[…] the Plan incorporates in proper combination every available modern technique, including extensive electrification on the new standard high-voltage a.c. system at a frequency of 50 cycles; main-line diesel traction as a half-way house to electrification; lightweight diesel trains for secondary...”
Did You Know?
From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.
Source and license
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