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Dictionary: con·ti·nu·i·ty   (kŏn'tə-nū'ĭ-tē, -nyū'-) pronunciation

n., pl., -ties.
  1. The state or quality of being continuous.
  2. An uninterrupted succession or flow; a coherent whole.
    1. A detailed script or scenario consulted to avoid discrepancies from shot to shot in a film, allowing the various scenes to be shot out of order.
    2. Spoken matter serving to link parts of a radio or television program so that no break occurs.

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In mathematics, a property of functions and their graphs. A continuous function is one whose graph has no breaks, gaps, or jumps. It is defined using the concept of a limit. Specifically, a function is said to be continuous at a value x if the limit of the function exists there and is equal to the function's value at that point. When this condition holds true for all real number values of x in an interval, the result is a graph that can be drawn over that interval without lifting the pencil. Such functions are crucial to the theory of calculus, not just because they model most physical systems but because the theorems that lead to the derivative and the integral assume the continuity of the functions involved.

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Marketing Dictionary: continuity
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Advertising:

1. Script for a television commercial.

2. Use of a consistent theme throughout a promotional campaign.

3. Continuous, consistent use of an advertising media plan. See also continuity advertising.

Direct marketing: type of sale that comprises a series of sales made over time. A closed-end continuity has a definite number of items to be delivered to the buyer. An open-end continuity has no fixed number of shipments and will continue until the buyer is canceled for nonpayment or withdraws from the continuity program. Examples: Encyclopedias are usually sold as closed-end continuities; cookbooks are frequently sold as open-end continuities. Continuity subscribers can stop buying at any time, unlike club members, who must fulfill a member commitment prior to canceling. However, open-end continuity buyers are much more likely to cancel.

Accounting Dictionary: Continuity
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Accounting assumption that expects a business to continue in life indefinitely; also called Going Concern. It is the basis for using Historical Cost to value accounts rather than liquidation value since the company will remain in existence. SAS Number 59 deals with the auditor's consideration of an entity's ability to continue as a going concern. The auditor must appraise if significant doubt exists of a client's ability to continue as a going concern for a period not exceeding one year after the date of the financial statements. If significant doubt exists, there should be a separate explanatory paragraph of a going concern problem after the unqualified opinion paragraph.

Antonyms: continuity
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n

Definition: progression
Antonyms: break, discontinuity, intermittence, interruption, stoppage


Philosophy Dictionary: continuity
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Mathematically a class is densely or compactly ordered if between any two distinct members there is always another not identical with either of them. A class is continuously ordered if every non-empty subset that has an upper bound has a least upper bound; intuitively, there are no leaps. (One might say that some philosophical writing appears to confuse density with continuity.) A function f is continuous at a point c if f(x) → f(c) as x → c.

Electronics Dictionary: continuity
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Occurs when a complete path for current exists.


Wikipedia: Continuity
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Translations: Continuity
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - uophørlighed, fortsættelse, kontinuitet

idioms:

  • continuity announcer    drejebog, programmanuskript

Nederlands (Dutch)
continuïteit, logisch opeenvolging, draaiboek (film/radio), het aan elkaar praten van uitzendingen

Français (French)
n. - continuité, (Cin, TV) continuité, (Cin) projection permanente

idioms:

  • continuity announcer    speakerine, (Cin, TV) script-girl

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kontinuität, lückenloser Zusammenhang

idioms:

  • continuity announcer    Sprecher des Zwischentexts

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διάρκεια, συνέχεια, (καθομ.) σενάριο, αναγγελίες διατήρησης ροής ραδιοφωνικών εκπομπών

idioms:

  • continuity announcer    εκφωνητής συνδετικών σχολίων προγράμματος

Italiano (Italian)
continuità

idioms:

  • continuity announcer    annunciatrice

Português (Portuguese)
n. - continuidade (f)

idioms:

  • continuity announcer    continuista (m) (f) (Cin.)

Русский (Russian)
непрерывность

idioms:

  • continuity announcer    диктор

Español (Spanish)
n. - continuidad, guión, intervalo hablado o musical

idioms:

  • continuity announcer    anunciador del próximo programa de radio o televisión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kontinuitet, oavbruten följd, scenario (film.), skripta ( eftertext), programmanuskript

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
连续性, 电影分镜头剧本

idioms:

  • continuity announcer    电台节目串联讲解员

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 連續性, 電影分鏡頭劇本

idioms:

  • continuity announcer    電臺節目串聯講解員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 계속성, 논리의 밀접한 관련, 시나리오 (콘티)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 連続, 継続, ひと続き, 台本

idioms:

  • continuity announcer    つなぎアナウンサー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) استمراريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תסריט, סצינריו, רצף, המשכיות‬


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