See Also: continuous(dictionary)
continuous(dictionary)
Continuous(medicine)
continuous processing(medicine)
continuous spectrum(medicine)
continuous suture(medicine)
continuous tremor(medicine)
Continuous Improvement(money)
Continuous compounding(money)
Continuous net settlement (CNS)(money)

continuous (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: continuus, from continere; CONTAIN]
continuing to happen or exist without stopping
-see also continue continue
::continuous economic growth
::a continuous flow of information
something such as a line that is continuous does not have any spaces or holes in it
continuous assessment
BrE a way of judging a student's work by looking at what they have achieved during the year rather than testing them in an examination
technical the continuous form of a verb shows that an action is continuing. In English, this is formed by the verb 'be', followed by a present participle, as in 'I was waiting for the bus.'
-- continuously adv
::UMNO had ruled Malaysia continuously since independence.