Etymology

Noun

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.
2. The set of all real numbers and, more generally, a compact connected metric space.
3. A touch sensitive strip, similar to a standard electronic musical keyboard, except that the note steps are 1/100th of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

Related terms

• continuous
• continuum hypothesis (by Georg Cantor)
• continuum theory