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continuum

/kənˈtɪnjuəm/ noun

Latin root: continuum Wiktionary

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  1. A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
  2. A continuous extent.
  3. The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”).

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