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continuous
adj
    1. Incessant.
    2. Unbroken; uninterrupted.
      Thesaurus: continual, undivided, unbroken, prolonged.
    3. grammar.
      Said of a verbal aspect or tense: representing continuing action or a continuing state, in English formed with the auxiliary verb be and the present participle, as in I am waiting, They were dancing, You will be playing tomorrow. Also called progressive.
Derivative: continuously
adverb
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin continuus unbroken, from continere to hold together.

    Info:
      Note that something that is continuous exists or happens for a period without a break, whereas something that is continual exists or happens repeatedly over a period, so that a continuous disturbance goes on for a time without a break, whereas continual disturbances are several occurrences with gaps between them.


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