Word Meanings - CONTINUOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. Continuous brake , 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

Additional info about word: CONTINUOUS

Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. Continuous brake , 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. (more info) 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CONTINUOUS)

• Consecutive
• Orderly
• arranged
• coherent
• continuous
• Constant
• Uniform
• regular
• invariable
• perpetual
• firm
• fixed
• steady
• immutable
• faithful
• true
• trustworthy
• Gradual
• Slow
• unintermittent
• gradational
• step by step
• progressive

Related words: (words related to CONTINUOUS)

• REGULARITY
  The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
• UNIFORMISM
  The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
• CONSECUTIVENESS
  The state or quality of being consecutive.
• UNIFORMAL
  Uniform. Herrick.
• UNIFORMLY
  In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild. To vary uniformly , to vary with the ratio of the corresponding increments constant; -- said of
• REGULARIA
  A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.
• FIXTURE
  Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person
• CONSTANTIA
  A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony.
• CONSECUTIVE
  Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden. Consecutive chords , chords of the same kind suceeding one another
• GRADUAL
  Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense,
• CONTINUOUSLY
  In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.
• FIXING
  Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. (more info) 1. The act or process of making fixed. 2. That which is fixed; a fixture. 3. pl.
• FIX
  Fixed; solidified. Chaucer.
• ORDERLY
  1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
• FIXURE
  Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. Shak.
• FIXEDLY
  In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.
• GRADUALITY
  The state of being gradual; gradualness. Sir T. Browne.
• GRADATIONAL
  By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.
• PERPETUALLY
  In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually. The Bible and Common Prayer Book in the vulgar tongue, being perpetually read in churches, have proved a kind of standard for language. Swift.
• COHERENT
  1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid. Arbuthnot. 2. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse. 3. Logically consistent; -- applied to
• REFIX
  To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• AFFIX
  figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to
• DEFIX
  To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt.
• AFFIXION
  Affixture. T. Adams.
• MESOCUNEIFORM; MESOCUNIFORM
  One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.
• MISARRANGEMENT
  Wrong arrangement.
• ENTOCUNEIFORM; ENTOCUNIFORM
  One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.
• UNFAITHFUL
  1. Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant. My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight. Pope. His
• CONFIXURE
  Act of fastening.
• PREFIX
  prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. préfix fixed beforehand, 1. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement. 2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle