English-Thai Dictionary

continuous

ADJ ซึ่ง ติดต่อกัน  ซึ่ง ต่อเนื่อง กัน  uninterrupted sueng-tid-tor-kan

 

continuously

ADV อย่างต่อเนื่อง  uninterruptedly yang-tor-nueang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTINUOUS

a.[L.] Joined without intervening space; as continuous depth.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTINUOUS

Con *tin "u *ous, a. Etym: [L. continuus, fr. continere to hold together. See Continent. ]

 

1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. he can hear its continuous murmur. Longfellow.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. Continuous brake (Railroad ), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine. -- Continuous impost. See Impost.

 

Syn. -- Continuous, Continual. Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of "a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. " Continual, in most cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid, etc. See Constant.

 

CONTINUOUSLY

CONTINUOUSLY Con *tin "u *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con *tin "u *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

continuous

con tin u ous |kənˈtinyo͞oəs kənˈtɪnjuəs | ▶adjective 1 forming an unbroken whole; without interruption: the whole performance is enacted in one continuous movement. • forming a series with no exceptions or reversals: there are continuous advances in design and production. • Mathematics (of a function ) of which the graph is a smooth unbroken curve, i.e., one such that as the value of x approaches any given value a, the value of f (x ) approaches that of f (a ) as a limit. 2 Grammar another term for progressive ( sense 3 of the adjective ). DERIVATIVES con tin u ous ly adverb, con tin u ous ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin continuus ‘uninterrupted, ’ from continere ‘hang together ’ (from con- ‘together with ’ + tenere ‘hold ’) + -ous . usage: There is some overlap in meaning between continuous and continual, but the two words are not wholly synonymous. Both can mean roughly ‘without interruption ’ ( a long and continual war; five years of continuous warfare ), but continuous is much more prominent in this sense and, unlike continual, can be used to refer to space as well as time, as in the development forms a continuous line along the coast. Continual, on the other hand, typically means ‘happening frequently, with intervals between, ’ as in the bus service has been disrupted by continual breakdowns. Overall, continuous occurs much more frequently than continual (almost five times more often in the Oxford English Corpus ).

 

continuous assessment

con |tinu |ous as ¦sess |ment ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. the evaluation of a pupil's progress throughout a course of study, as distinct from by examination.

 

continuous creation

con tin u ous cre a tion ▶noun the creation of matter as a continuing process throughout time, esp. as postulated in steady state theories of the universe.

 

continuous spectrum

con tin u ous spec trum ▶noun Physics an emission spectrum that consists of a continuum of wavelengths.

 

continuous stationery

con |tinu |ous sta ¦tion |ery ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. stationery, such as invoices and letterheads, printed on a long strip of paper that is often folded zigzag and is perforated so that it can be separated into sheets.

 

continuous wave

con tin u ous wave ▶noun an electromagnetic wave, esp. a radio wave, having a constant amplitude.

 

Oxford Dictionary

continuous

con |tinu |ous |kənˈtɪnjʊəs | ▶adjective 1 forming an unbroken whole; without interruption: the whole performance is enacted in one continuous movement. • forming a series with no exceptions or reversals: there are continuous advances in design and production. 2 Grammar another term for progressive ( sense 3 of the adjective ). 3 Mathematics (of a function ) of which the graph is a smooth unbroken curve, i.e. one such that as the value of x approaches any given value a, the value of f (x ) approaches that of f (a ) as a limit. DERIVATIVES continuously adverb, continuousness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin continuus ‘uninterrupted ’, from continere ‘hang together ’ (from con- ‘together with ’ + tenere ‘hold ’) + -ous . usage: There is some overlap in meaning between continuous and continual, but the two words are not wholly synonymous. Both can mean roughly ‘without interruption ’ ( a long and continual war; five years of continuous warfare ), but continuous is much more prominent in this sense and, unlike continual, can be used to refer to space as well as time, as in the development forms a continuous line along the coast. Continual, on the other hand, typically means ‘happening frequently, with intervals between ’, as in the bus service has been disrupted by continual breakdowns. Overall, continuous occurs much more frequently than continual (almost five times more often in the Oxford English Corpus ).

 

continuous assessment

con |tinu |ous as ¦sess |ment ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. the evaluation of a pupil's progress throughout a course of study, as distinct from by examination.

 

continuous creation

con |tinu |ous cre |ation ▶noun [ mass noun ] the creation of matter as a continuing process throughout time, especially as postulated in steady state theories of the universe.

 

continuous spectrum

con |tinu |ous spec |trum ▶noun Physics an emission spectrum that consists of a continuum of wavelengths.

 

continuous stationery

con |tinu |ous sta ¦tion |ery ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. stationery, such as invoices and letterheads, printed on a long strip of paper that is often folded zigzag and is perforated so that it can be separated into sheets.

 

continuous wave

con |tinu |ous wave ▶noun an electromagnetic wave, especially a radio wave, having a constant amplitude.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

continuous

continuous adjective the rain has been continuous since early this morning: unceasing, uninterrupted, unbroken, constant, ceaseless, incessant, steady, sustained, solid, continuing, ongoing, without a break, nonstop, around /round-the-clock, persistent, unremitting, relentless, unrelenting, unabating, unrelieved, without respite, endless, unending, never-ending, perpetual, everlasting, eternal, interminable; consecutive, rolling, running; archaic without surcease. ANTONYMS momentary, temporary. USAGE See continual . Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

continuous

continuous adjective for the past few days there had been continuous rain: continual, uninterrupted, unbroken, constant, ceaseless, incessant, steady, sustained, solid, continuing, ongoing, unceasing, without a break, permanent, non-stop, round-the-clock, persistent, unremitting, relentless, unrelenting, unabating, unrelieved, without respite, endless, unending, never-ending, perpetual, without end, everlasting, eternal, interminable; consecutive, running; informal with no let-up; archaic without surcease. ANTONYMS intermittent, sporadic. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD continuous, continual, constant, ceaseless See continual . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

continuous

con tin u ous /kəntɪ́njuəs /→continue 形容詞 比較なし 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 絶え間ない , 連続した 〈過程 出来事など 〉; 途切れない , つながった 〈列など 〉(→continual )▸ a continuous effort 継続的な努力 ▸ We have had continuous rain for the past three days .ここ3日間雨が降り続いている ▸ a continuous line of cars 延々と続く車列 2 ｟くだけて ｠断続的な (!この意味ではcontinualが普通 ) .3 〘文法 〙進行 (形 )の (progressive ).名詞 〖the ～〗進行相 ; 進行形 (progressive ).～̀ ass é ssment ｟英 ｠継続評価 〘成績を試験ではなくふだんの学習活動を通して評価する方法 〙.～̀ cre á tion 〘天 〙(宇宙の )縦続的膨張 (説 ).

 

continuously

con tin u ous ly /kəntɪ́njuəsli /副詞 絶え間なく, 連続して .