continuum

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kənˈtɪnjuəm/

Noun

A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other. / A continuous extent.

Japanese Meaning

連続体 / 一続きの全体や広がりで、部分同士は連続していて目立った違いがないが、両端や極端な部分は大きく異なる場合があるもの

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The philosopher argued that moral judgments exist on a continuum rather than as discrete categories.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その哲学者は、道徳的判断は明確に区別されるカテゴリーとして存在するのではなく連続体として存在すると主張した。

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Sense（1）

A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.

In fact, the influence of signage in a certain area may exist anywhere on a continuum from profoundly effective to utterly trivial or completely insignificant, irrespective of the intent motivating the signs.

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Sense（2）

A continuous extent.

A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.

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Sense（3）

(mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.

Sense（4）

(music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

continuums

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continua

（ plural ）

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