CONTINUUM


Meaning of CONTINUUM in English

/keuhn tin"yooh euhm/ , n. , pl. continua /-tin"yooh euh/ .

1. a continuous extent, series, or whole.

2. Math.

a. a set of elements such that between any two of them there is a third element.

b. the set of all real numbers.

c. any compact, connected set containing at least two elements.

[ 1640-50; continuus CONTINUOUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .