Counting vs Continuum - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between counting and continuum is that counting is a count; the act by which something is counted while continuum is continuum. As a verb counting is .
counting English
Verb
(head)
Derived terms
* and counting
* counting number
* countinghouse
Noun
( en noun)
A count; the act by which something is counted.
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continuum Noun
(en-noun)
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.
A continuous extent.
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(mathematics) The set of all real numbers and, more generally, a compact connected metric space.
(musical instruments) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.
Related terms
* continuous
* continuum hypothesis (by )
* continuum theory
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