Dictionary entry

Continual

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con‐tin″u‐al (?), a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See Continue.] 1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.

He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Prov. xv. 15.

2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.

The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes.

W. Irwing.

Continual proportionals(Math.), quantities in continued proportion. Brande & C.

Syn. — Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous.