Noun

Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.

Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy.

(uncountable, mathematics) A characteristic property of a continuous function.

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A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a story series are accounted for in present stories.

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Noun

(constancies)

(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.

* 1871 , , Descent of Man , ch. 7 "On the Races of Man,"

Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists.

(countable) An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.

* 1602 , , All's Well That Ends Well , act 1, sc. 2,

younger spirits . . .

whose constancies

Expire before their fashions.