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   con·ti·nu·i·ty

   /ˌkän(t)əˈno͞oədē/

   noun

   • 1. the unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over a period of time: "pension rights accruing through continuity of employment" Similar continuousnessuninterruptednessflowprogressionOpposite discontinuity
   • ▪ a state of stability and the absence of disruption: "they have provided the country with a measure of continuity"
   • ▪ a connection or line of development with no sharp breaks: "they used the same style of masonry to provide continuity between new and old" Similar interrelationshipinterrelatednessintertextualityinterconnectednessconnectionlinkagecohesioncoherenceunitywholewholeness
   • 2. the maintenance of continuous action and self-consistent detail in the various scenes of a movie or broadcast: "a continuity error"
   • ▪ the linking of broadcast items by a spoken commentary.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French continuite, from Latin continuitas, from continuare ‘continue’, from continuus (see continuous).

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