continuous variable

(computer science) A variable that can take on any of a range of values.

A variable for which it is possible to find an intermediate value between any two values. Continuous variables can be refined by more precise values. Length, weight, and time, and the points on a line are continuous variables.

A variable, such as the distance between two towns, where any value may be recorded, including fractions. There are no clear cut or sharp breaks between possible values.

In quantitative research there are two broad types of variable: discrete and continuous. A continuous variable is one for which a subject or observation takes a value from an interval of real numbers. For example, if age can be measured precisely enough it takes any value from 0 upwards.

— Stephen Fisher

In statistics, a variable, such as time and temperature, whose measurements do not fall into discrete classes, but take any value over a defined range.