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continuum

n. countable
C1 Advanced US //kənˈtɪnjuəm// UK //kəntˈɪnjuːəm// con·tin·u·um

n. a continuous sequence where the parts are so close together that you cannot tell where one ends and the next begins.

n. a continuous series or range in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, despite an overall difference between the extremes.


SIMPLE

Pain exists on a continuum from mild to severe.

CONTEXTUAL

The political spectrum is a continuum rather than a set of fixed categories.

COMPLEX

Scholars argue that gender identity is a continuum, challenging the traditional binary view that limits human experience to just two distinct options.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”).

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