[con.tin.u.ous] adj [L continuus, fr. continere to hold together--more at contain] (1673) 1: marked by uninterrupted extension in space, time, or sequence
2. of a function: having the property that the absolute value of the numerical difference between the value at a given point and the value at any point in a neighborhood of the given point can be made as close to zero as desired by choosing the neighborhood small enough syn see continual -- con.tin.u.ous.ly adv -- con.tin.u.ous.ness n