# continuum
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kənˈtɪnjuəm/, /-(j)ɪu̯əm/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

continuum (plural continuums or continua)
* 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.
** 2014, Torkild Thellefsen, Bent Sorensen, Charles Sanders Peirce in His Own Words:So, the white line implies Blacklessness and the black background implies Whitelessness – that is, once the white line, a continuum, has emerged from blackness, also a continuum, and the two continua engage in an “inter-penetrative” (Buddhist term) process.
** 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 11:In fact, the influence of signage in a certain area may exist anywhere on a continuum from profoundly effective to utterly trivial or completely insignificant, irrespective of the intent motivating the signs.
* A continuous extent.
** 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
* (mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
* (music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are $^1$⁄$_{100}$ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

#### Synonyms

* (set of real numbers): ℝ (translingual)

#### Derived terms

* anticontinuum
* continuum hypothesis
* continuumlike
* continuum mechanics
* continuum theory
* dialect continuum
* discontinuum
* generalized continuum hypothesis
* hypercontinuum
* language continuum
* post-creole continuum
* quasicontinuum
* subcontinuum
* supercontinuum

#### Related terms

* continuous

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

From English continuum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkontinu.um/, [ˈko̞n̪t̪iˌnu.um]
* Rhymes: -u.um
* Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nu‧um

### Noun

continuum
* (music) continuum (type of electronic instrument)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of continuum (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
continuumini
continuumini
accusative
nom.
continuumini
continuumini
gen.
continuumini
genitive
continuumini
continuumieni
partitive
continuumiani
continuumejani
inessive
continuumissani
continuumeissani
elative
continuumistani
continuumeistani
illative
continuumiini
continuumeihini
adessive
continuumillani
continuumeillani
ablative
continuumiltani
continuumeiltani
allative
continuumilleni
continuumeilleni
essive
continuuminani
continuumeinani
translative
continuumikseni
continuumeikseni
abessive
continuumittani
continuumeittani
instructive
comitative
—continuumeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
continuumisi
continuumisi
accusative
nom.
continuumisi
continuumisi
gen.
continuumisi
genitive
continuumisi
continuumiesi
partitive
continuumiasi
continuumejasi
inessive
continuumissasi
continuumeissasi
elative
continuumistasi
continuumeistasi
illative
continuumiisi
continuumeihisi
adessive
continuumillasi
continuumeillasi
ablative
continuumiltasi
continuumeiltasi
allative
continuumillesi
continuumeillesi
essive
continuuminasi
continuumeinasi
translative
continuumiksesi
continuumeiksesi
abessive
continuumittasi
continuumeittasi
instructive
comitative
—continuumeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
continuumimme
continuumimme
accusative
nom.
continuumimme
continuumimme
gen.
continuumimme
genitive
continuumimme
continuumiemme
partitive
continuumiamme
continuumejamme
inessive
continuumissamme
continuumeissamme
elative
continuumistamme
continuumeistamme
illative
continuumiimme
continuumeihimme
adessive
continuumillamme
continuumeillamme
ablative
continuumiltamme
continuumeiltamme
allative
continuumillemme
continuumeillemme
essive
continuuminamme
continuumeinamme
translative
continuumiksemme
continuumeiksemme
abessive
continuumittamme
continuumeittamme
instructive
comitative
—continuumeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
continuuminne
continuuminne
accusative
nom.
continuuminne
continuuminne
gen.
continuuminne
genitive
continuuminne
continuumienne
partitive
continuumianne
continuumejanne
inessive
continuumissanne
continuumeissanne
elative
continuumistanne
continuumeistanne
illative
continuumiinne
continuumeihinne
adessive
continuumillanne
continuumeillanne
ablative
continuumiltanne
continuumeiltanne
allative
continuumillenne
continuumeillenne
essive
continuuminanne
continuumeinanne
translative
continuumiksenne
continuumeiksenne
abessive
continuumittanne
continuumeittanne
instructive
comitative
—continuumeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
continuuminsa
continuuminsa
accusative
nom.
continuuminsa
continuuminsa
gen.
continuuminsa
genitive
continuuminsa
continuumiensa
partitive
continuumiaan continuumiansa
continuumejaan continuumejansa
inessive
continuumissaan continuumissansa
continuumeissaan continuumeissansa
elative
continuumistaan continuumistansa
continuumeistaan continuumeistansa
illative
continuumiinsa
continuumeihinsa
adessive
continuumillaan continuumillansa
continuumeillaan continuumeillansa
ablative
continuumiltaan continuumiltansa
continuumeiltaan continuumeiltansa
allative
continuumilleen continuumillensa
continuumeilleen continuumeillensa
essive
continuuminaan continuuminansa
continuumeinaan continuumeinansa
translative
continuumikseen continuumiksensa
continuumeikseen continuumeiksensa
abessive
continuumittaan continuumittansa
continuumeittaan continuumeittansa
instructive
comitative
—continuumeineen continuumeinensa :

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ɔm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

continuum m (plural continuums)
* continuum

#### Derived terms

* continuum dialectal

### Further reading

* “continuum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /konˈti.nu.um/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪnuʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /konˈti.nu.um/, [kon̪ˈt̪iːnuːm]

### Adjective

continuum
* inflection of continuus:
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
** accusative masculine singular

### References

* continuum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin continuum. Doublet of contínuo.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈũ/ [kõ.t͡ʃi.nʊˈũ], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwũ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tiˈnwũ/
* Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nu‧um

### Noun

continuum m (plural continuuns or continua)
* continuum (series where neighbouring elements are very similar, but distant elements are very different)

#### Related terms

* contínuo

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuum.

### Noun

continuum n (plural continuumuri)
* continuum

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈtinuum/ [kõn̪ˈt̪i.nu.ũm]
* Rhymes: -inuum
* Syllabification: con‧ti‧nu‧um

### Noun

continuum m (plural continuums)
* Alternative form of continuo.

### Further reading

* “continuum” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN