(linguistics) A grammatical aspect that expresses the state of the subject that is continuing the action.

(software engineering) The practice of merging all branches to a shared mainline several times a day.

plural of continuous clock

An electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency, typically a sine wave, that for mathematical analysis is considered to be of infinite duration.

plural of continuous wave

(computational linguistics) A bag of words comprised of the words in the vicinity of a specific target.

(pharmacology) A generic term for drugs in a new class of third-generation erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs).

plural of continuous erythropoietin receptor activator

Alternative form of noncontinuous

(grammar) A verb tense expressing ongoing action; in English, any of the tenses formed with the present participle, namely present continuous ("I am dreaming"), past continuous ("I was dreaming"), present perfect continuous ("I have been dreaming"), past perfect continuous ("I had been dreaming"), future continuous ("I will be dreaming") or future perfect continuous ("I will have been dreaming").