Dictionary entry

Continuity

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con′ti‐nu″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Continuities (#). [L. continuitas: cf. F. continuité. See Continuous.] the state of being continuous; uninterrupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew.

The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects.

Dryden.

Law of continuity(Math. & Physics), the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states. — Solution of continuity. (Math.) See under Solution.