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Continuity   /kˌɑntənˈuəti/   Listen
Continuity

noun
(pl. continuities)
1.
Uninterrupted connection or union.
2.
A detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot.
3.
The property of a continuous and connected period of time.  Synonym: persistence.



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"Continuity" Quotes from Famous Books



... farther and farther towards the horizon; each promontory and each cloud being of different shape, yet all evidently following in a calm and appointed order. If there be no change at all in the shape or size of the objects, there is no continuity; there is only repetition—monotony. It is the change in shape which suggests the idea of their being individually free, and able to escape, if they liked, from the law that rules them, and yet submitting to it. I will leave our chosen ...
— The Crown of Wild Olive • John Ruskin
... ignition was fitted in each cylinder, coil and accumulator being used for starting and as a reserve in case of failure of the high-tension magneto system fitted for normal running. There was a double set of lubricating pumps, ensuring continuity of the oil supply to all the ...
— A History of Aeronautics • E. Charles Vivian
... general title for the series was very great, for the title desired was one that would express concisely the undying charm of London—that is to say, the continuity of her past history with the present times. In streets and stones, in names and palaces, her history is written for those who can read it, and the object of the series is to bring forward these associations, and to make them plain. The solution of the difficulty was found ...
— The Kensington District - The Fascination of London • Geraldine Edith Mitton
... impression is identical as to the mental idea it conveys with that conveyed in the normal manner through the eye. The mesmeric ether has, therefore, not only the power of conveying impressions, but of preserving their continuity through any impediment. The formal impressions of a chair or table, which are conveyed by ordinary vision in right lines to the retina, if these lines be distorted by any intervening want of uniformity in the matter, are proportionally distorted. Let ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 • Various
... those who received the second most votes in each county in the 11 October 2005 election - will only serve a six-year first term because the Liberian constitution mandates staggered Senate elections to ensure continuity of government; all senators will be eligible ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


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