continuity
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/
The English word “continuity” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
- A characteristic property of a continuous function.
- A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
- A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse.
- Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
- The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.
adjective
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.
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More English words
- continuingly
- continuism
- continuismo
- continuist
- continuity announcer
- continuity nod
- continuity series
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