continuum

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈtɪnjuəm/

Noun

continuum (plural continuums)

1. A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
2. A continuous extent.
3. (mathematics) The set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
4. (musical instruments) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are frac 100 of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

Synonyms

• (set of real numbers) ℝ (translingual)

Related terms

• continuous

Translations

• French: continuum
• Portuguese: continuum

Translations

• French: continuum
• German: Kontinuum
• Italian: continuo
• Portuguese: série
• Russian: конти́нуум

Translations

• German: Kontinuum
• Italian: continuo
• Russian: конти́нуум

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