con·tin·u·um (kən-tĭn'yū-əm)
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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