continuity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun uninterrupted connection or union
  2. noun a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
  3. noun the property of a continuous and connected period of time
    persistence.

WordNet


Con`ti*nu"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. continuitas: cf. F. continuit. See Continuous.
Wordforms
plural Continuities
Definitions
  1. the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew.
    The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden.

Webster 1913