adjective
continuous
kun-TIN-yoo-us/kənˈtɪnjuəs/
Continuing without interruption or gaps.
The faucet releases a continuous stream of water.
Etymology
The ancestor describes things connected or following one another. Applied to an event or process, that connection means its successive stages have no intervening gaps.
In context
beauty here does not belong to a single moment, but to the continuous transformation of the landscape with every step.
More examples
- The noise was continuous.
- They maintained continuous contact.
- A continuous line crossed the page.
Forms
continuous
continuously adverb — without interruption
Similar words
- unbroken
- Directly describes absence of gaps.
- continual
- Often means repeatedly occurring rather than uninterrupted.