continuous

(adjective)

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening time.

Related Terms

  • interval

Examples of continuous in the following topics:

  • The Importance of Continuity

  • Continuity

    • A continuous function with a continuous inverse function is called "bicontinuous."
    • Continuity of functions is one of the core concepts of topology.
    • This function is continuous.
    • In fact, a dictum of classical physics states that in nature everything is continuous.
    • The function $f$ is said to be continuous if it is continuous at every point of its domain.
  • Limits and Continuity

    • Continuity in each argument does not imply multivariate continuity.
    • For instance, in the case of a real-valued function with two real-valued parameters, $f(x,y)$, continuity of $f$ in $x$ for fixed $y$ and continuity of $f$ in $y$ for fixed $x$ does not imply continuity of $f$.
    • Similarly, all $f_x$ are continuous as $f$ is symmetric with regards to $x$ and $y$.
    • Continuity in single-variable function as shown is rather obvious.
    • Describe the relationship between the multivariate continuity and the continuity in each argument
  • Continuity Theory

    • The continuity theory proposes that older adults maintain the same activities, behaviors, personalities, and relationships of the past.
    • The theory considers the internal structures and external structures of continuity to describe how people adapt to their circumstances and set their goals.
    • Maddox and Robert Atchley are most closely associated with the continuity theory.
    • " He continued to expound upon the theory over the years, explaining the development of internal and external structures in 1989 and publishing a book in 1999 called Continuity and Adaptation in Aging: Creating Positive Experiences.
    • Older adults hold on to many of the beliefs, practices, and relationships they had in the past as they continue to age.
  • Continuous Probability Distributions

    • A continuous probability distribution is a representation of a variable that can take a continuous range of values.
    • Mathematicians also call such a distribution "absolutely continuous," since its cumulative distribution function is absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure $\lambda$.
    • If the distribution of $X$ is continuous, then $X$ is called a continuous random variable.
    • Intuitively, a continuous random variable is the one which can take a continuous range of values—as opposed to a discrete distribution, in which the set of possible values for the random variable is at most countable.
    • The definition states that a continuous probability distribution must possess a density; or equivalently, its cumulative distribution function be absolutely continuous.
  • Flow Rate and the Equation of Continuity

    • The equation of continuity works under the assumption that the flow in will equal the flow out.
    • The equation of continuity applies to any incompressible fluid.
    • You can observe the continuity equation's effect in a garden hose.
    • This is a consequence of the continuity equation.
    • For example, if the nozzle of the hose is half the area of the hose, the velocity must double to maintain the continuous flow.
  • Introduction

    • Continuous random variables have many applications.
    • The field of reliability depends on a variety of continuous random variables.
    • This chapter gives an introduction to continuous random variables and the many continuous distributions.
    • We will be studying these continuous distributions for several chapters.
    • NOTE: The values of discrete and continuous random variables can be ambiguous.
  • Continuous Sampling Distributions

    • When we have a truly continuous distribution, it is not only impractical but actually impossible to enumerate all possible outcomes.
    • Now we will consider sampling distributions when the population distribution is continuous.
    • Note that although this distribution is not really continuous, it is close enough to be considered continuous for practical purposes.
    • When we have a truly continuous distribution, it is not only impractical but actually impossible to enumerate all possible outcomes.
    • Moreover, in continuous distributions, the probability of obtaining any single value is zero.
  • Verbal Aspect: Simple, Progressive, Perfect, and Perfect Progressive

    • "Aspect" refers to whether a verb is continuous, completed, both continuous and completed, or neither continuous nor completed.
    • The simple aspect describes a general action, one that is neither continuous nor completed.
    • The progressive form expresses continuous actions that happen over a period of time.
    • Past progressive verbs express actions that began in the past and were continuous, but did not continue into the present.
    • Verbs in present perfect progressive express a continuous action that began in the past and continues into the present.
  • The Intermediate Value Theorem

    • For each value between the bounds of a continuous function, there is at least one point where the function maps to that value.
    • are continuous - there are no singularities or discontinuities.
    • The function is defined for all real numbers x ≠ −2 and is continuous at every such point.
    • The question of continuity at x = −2 does not arise, since x = −2 is not in the domain of f.
    • There is no continuous function F: R → R that agrees with f(x) for all x ≠ −2.
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