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Continuous compounding(money)
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continuous (iou)



continuous adjective. M17.
[from Latin continuus uninterrupted, from continere hang together, formed as CON- + tenere hold: see -OUS.]
Characterized by continuity; extending in space without a break; uninterrupted in time or sequence; acting without interruption; connected. M17.
C. Darwin In most cases the area inhabited by a species is continuous. B. Jowett The power of..continuous thought is very rare. W. Styron A dog howls on and on.., a continuous harsh lonely cry.
Grammar. Designating an aspect or tense of the verb expressing continuing action or action in progress, or a particular form expressing this aspect or tense. L19.
Special collocations: continuous assessment the evaluation of a student's progress based on work done throughout a course as well as or instead of by examination. continuous creation creation of the universe or of matter in it regarded as occurring continuously rather than in a particular event. continuous function Math. a function whose graph is a continuous (unbroken) curve; a function such that as the value of x approaches a given value a, the value of f(x) approaches that of f(a) as a limit. continuous stationery: with sheets joined together and folded alternately. continuous wave Physics an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude.
continuously adverb L17.
continuousness noun E19.