Continuum vs Discontinuous - What's the difference?
continuum | discontinuous |
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.
having breaks or interruptions; intermittent
(mathematics) having at least one discontinuity
In mathematics terms the difference between continuum and discontinuous
is that continuum is the set of all real numbers and, more generally, a compact connected metric space while discontinuous is having at least one discontinuity.As a noun continuum
is 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.As an adjective discontinuous is
having breaks or interruptions; intermittent.continuum
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(wikipedia continuum)Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=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.}}