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Dictionary: con·tin·u·um   (kən-tĭn'yū-əm) pronunciation
 
n., pl. -tin·u·a (-tĭn'yū-ə) or -tin·u·ums.
  1. A continuous extent, succession, or whole, no part of which can be distinguished from neighboring parts except by arbitrary division.
  2. Mathematics.
    1. A set having the same number of points as all the real numbers in an interval.
    2. The set of all real numbers.

[Latin, neuter of continuus, continuous. See continue.]


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Philosophy Dictionary: continuum
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The linear continuum is the set of ‘points’ on a line. The great achievement of Cantorian set theory was to provide a purely mathematical treatment of this set, without invoking undefined notions like nearness or distance.

 
Wikipedia: Continuum
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Continuum (occasionally spelled continuüm) (pl. -tinua or -tinuums) may refer to:

  • Continuum (theory), anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition, to a different condition, without any abrupt changes
  • Continuum (mathematics), the real line, or more generally any space, ordering, or cardinal that shares certain properties of the real line

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  • Q Continuum, a parallel existence in the fictional Star Trek universe where omnipotent entities all known as 'Qs' exist
  • Stargate: Continuum, a direct-to-DVD movie of the Stargate franchise

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Spirituality

  • "Consciousness Continuüm" or the Mindstream (Sanskrit: citta-santāna)

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Translations: Continuum
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kontinuum, sammenhængende hele

Nederlands (Dutch)
continuüm

Français (French)
n. - continuum

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kontinuum, zusammenhängendes Ganzes

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φιλοσ.) αδιάσπαστη ενότητα, το συνεχές, το ενιαίο

Italiano (Italian)
continuo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quantidade (f) contínua

Русский (Russian)
континуум

Español (Spanish)
n. - continuo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oavbruten följd, sammanhängande enhet, kontinuum

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
连续, 闭联集, 连续统

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 連續, 閉聯集, 連續統

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연속, 연속체

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 連続, 連続体

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) متصل, كميه متسلسله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רצף‬


 
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