CONTINUUM


Meaning of CONTINUUM in English

con ‧ tin ‧ u ‧ um /kənˈtɪnjuəm/ BrE AmE noun ( plural continuums or continua /-njuə/) [countable] formal

[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: continuus ; ⇨ ↑ continuous ]

a scale of related things on which each one is only slightly different from the one before:

The Creole language is really various dialects arranged on a continuum.

All the organisms in an ecosystem are part of an evolutionary continuum.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.