/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.
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