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continuum

con.tin.u.um \k*n-'tin-y*-w*m\ \-w*\ n or con.tin.ua also continuums [L, 
   neut. of continuus] pl  1: something absolutely continuous and homogeneous 
   of which no distinction  of content can be affirmed except by reference to 
   something else (as duration) 2a: something in which a fundamental common 
   character is discernible amid a  series of insensible or indefinite 
   variations 2b: an uninterrupted ordered sequence  2c: an identity of 
   substance uniting discrete parts; broadly : C ONTINUITY 3: a set with the 
   same transfinite cardinal number as the set of real numbe rs