continuity

con·ti·nu·i·ty

noun \ˌkän-tə-ˈnü-ə-tē, -ˈnyü-\

plural con·ti·nu·i·ties

Definition of CONTINUITY

1

a : uninterrupted connection, succession, or union b : uninterrupted duration or continuation especially without essential change

2

: something that has, exhibits, or provides continuity: as a : a script or scenario in the performing arts b : transitional spoken or musical matter especially for a radio or television program c : the story and dialogue of a comic strip

3

: the property of being mathematically continuous

Examples of CONTINUITY

1. The art historian is studying the continuities between the painter's works and those of her followers.
2. There's a problem with the movie's continuity.

First Known Use of CONTINUITY

15th century

Related to CONTINUITY

Synonyms: abidance, ceaselessness, continuance, continuation, continuousness, durability, duration, endurance, persistence, subsistence

Antonyms: cessation, close, discontinuance, discontinuity, end, ending, expiration, finish, stoppage, surcease, termination

Related Words: drawing out, elongation, extension, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching; enduringness, permanence; survival

Near Antonyms: abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening

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Other Broadcasting Terms

dissolve, fade, feed, remote, residual, spike, wipe

Rhymes with CONTINUITY

ambiguity, assiduity, conspicuity, contiguity, exiguity, incongruity, ingenuity, perpetuity, perspicuity, promiscuity, superfluity