Continuity
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /ËŒkÉ’ntɪˈnjuËÉ™ti/
- US IPA: /ËŒkÉ‘ntɪˈn(j)uËÉ™ti/
Origin
From Middle French continuité
Full definition of continuity
Noun
continuity
(countable and uncountable; plural continuitys)- Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy.
- (uncountable, mathematics) A characteristic property of a continuous function.
- 1911, William Anthony Granville, S:Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus/Chapter III, The definition of a continuous function assumes that the function is already defined for x = a. If this is not the case, however, it is sometimes possible to assign such a value to the function for x = a that the condition of continuity shall be satisfied.
- A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a story series are accounted for in present stories.
- 2012, April 29, Nathan Rabin, TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III†(season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992), In “Treehouse Of Horror†episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character.