Con`ti*nu"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Continuities (#). [L. continuitas: cf. F. continuit. See Continuous.]

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.

Law of continuity Math. & Physics, the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states. -- Solution of continuity. Math. See under Solution.

 

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