continuity

Definition

Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.

Example Sentences

• "While troubleshooting the heating and cooling system, we found a lack of continuity in a circuit that is normally closed."
• "Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy."
• "Vacuum-fitted wagons are provided with complete vacuum-brake equipment; "piped" wagons have through pipes, enabling them to be marshalled in vacuum-braked trains without interrupting the continuity of the vacuum brake connections, but are not provided themselves with vacuum brake gear."

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