Continuum
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Continuum may refer to:
, and more generally to describe similar objects
- Continuum (theory)Continuum (theory)Continuum theories or models explain variation as involving a gradual quantitative transition without abrupt changes or discontinuities. It can be contrasted with 'categorical' models which propose qualitatively different states.-In physics:...
, anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition, to a different condition, without any abrupt changes
Linguistics
- Dialect continuumDialect continuumA dialect continuum, or dialect area, was defined by Leonard Bloomfield as a range of dialects spoken across some geographical area that differ only slightly between neighboring areas, but as one travels in any direction, these differences accumulate such that speakers from opposite ends of the...
, the transition of one language to another through a series of speech variations
Mathematics
In mathematics, "the continuum" is sometimes used to denote the real lineReal line
In mathematics, the real line, or real number line is the line whose points are the real numbers. That is, the real line is the set of all real numbers, viewed as a geometric space, namely the Euclidean space of dimension one...
, and more generally to describe similar objects
- Continuum (set theory), the real line or the corresponding cardinal number
- Linear continuumLinear continuumIn the mathematical field of order theory, a continuum or linear continuum is a generalization of the real line.Formally, a linear continuum is a linearly ordered set S of more than one element that is densely ordered, i.e., between any two members there is another, and which "lacks gaps" in the...
, any ordered set that shares certain properties of the real line - Continuum (topology)Continuum (topology)In the mathematical field of point-set topology, a continuum is a nonempty compact connected metric space, or less frequently, a compact connected Hausdorff topological space...
, a nonempty compact connected metric space (sometimes Hausdorff space) - Continuum hypothesisContinuum hypothesisIn mathematics, the continuum hypothesis is a hypothesis, advanced by Georg Cantor in 1874, about the possible sizes of infinite sets. It states:Establishing the truth or falsehood of the continuum hypothesis is the first of Hilbert's 23 problems presented in the year 1900...
, a mathematical hypothesis - Cardinality of the continuumCardinality of the continuumIn set theory, the cardinality of the continuum is the cardinality or “size” of the set of real numbers \mathbb R, sometimes called the continuum. It is an infinite cardinal number and is denoted by |\mathbb R| or \mathfrak c ....
, a cardinal number that represents the size of the set of real numbers
Companies
- Continuum International Publishing GroupContinuum International Publishing GroupThe Continuum International Publishing Group is a publisher of books, with its editorial offices in London and New York City. It had been owned by Nova Capital Management since 2005...
, a leading independent academic publisher based in London and New York - Continuum (design consultancy), A design & innovation consultancy with offices in Boston, Milan, Seoul and Shanghai
Games
- The ContinuumThe ContinuumThe Continuum is an online strategy game that combines turn-based war gaming with role-playing game-like character development and the collectability of a tabletop miniatures game. It takes place in the Crossworld, a new reality formed from the collapse of several formerly separate worlds that...
, the browser-based fantasy collectible wargame - Continuum (computer game)Alpha WavesAlpha Waves is an early 3D game that combines labyrinthine exploration with platform gameplay. By most definitions of the genre it could be considered to be the first 3D platform game, released in 1990, 6 years before the genre's seminal classic Super Mario 64...
, the North American version of the classic computer game Alpha Waves - Command & Conquer: Continuum, a cancelled MMORPG in the Command & Conquer series
- Continuum (game client), a game client for the SubSpace computer game
- C°ntinuum, a time travel role-playing game
- The C.H.A.O.S. ContinuumThe C.H.A.O.S. ContinuumThe C.H.A.O.S. Continuum is a pre-rendered computer adventure game developed by Dash Digital and published by CreativeMultimedia Corporation in 1993.-Story:The game takes place in a parallel continuum during the year 2577 on Saturn's moon, Titan...
, a time-travel adventure game in the year 2010 - Continuum, a VectrexVectrexThe Vectrex is a vector display-based video game console that was developed by Western Technologies/Smith Engineering. It was licensed and distributed first by General Consumer Electric , and then by Milton Bradley Company after their purchase of GCE...
game aka Sector-X III - BlazBlue: Continuum ShiftBlazBlue: Continuum Shiftis a 2-D fighting game developed by Arc System Works. The game is the official sequel to BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. As with the previous game, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift first came to arcades before both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions as the game was currently released for the Taito Type...
, a fighting game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3
Music
- Continuum (John Mayer album), an album by John Mayer released in 2006
- Continuum (Prototype album)Continuum (Prototype album)Continuum is the second studio album by heavy metal band Prototype. The album was released on May 23, 2006 by Nightmare Records. "The Way It Ends" was featured as a bonus track in the videogame Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.-Track listing:...
, a 2006 album by Prototype - Continuum (Ligeti)Continuum (Ligeti)Continuum for harpsichord is a musical composition by György Ligeti composed in 1968, and dedicated to the contemporary harpsichordist, Antoinette Vischer...
, a composition for harpsichord by György Ligeti - "Continuum" (song), a song by Jaco Pastorius released on his self titled album, August 1976
- Continuum (music project)Continuum (music project)Continuum is a collaborative ambient and drone music project between Bass Communion and Dirk Serries...
, a musical collaboration between Steven Wilson and Dirk Serries - Continuum (instrument)Continuum (instrument)The Continuum Fingerboard or Haken Continuum is a music performance controller developed by Lippold Haken, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, and sold by Haken Audio, located in Champaign, Illinois....
, a continuous pitch performance controller developed by Haken Audio - Continuum (jazz group), a jazz supergroup consisting of Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath, Ron Carter, Art Taylor, Kenny Barron
Popular culture
- Q ContinuumQ ContinuumIn the fictional televised Star Trek universe, the Q Continuum is an extradimensional plane of existence inhabited by a race of extremely powerful, hyper-intelligent beings known as the Q...
, a parallel existence in the fictional Star Trek universe where omnipotent entities all known as Qs exist - Stargate: ContinuumStargate: ContinuumStargate: Continuum is a Canadian-American military science fiction film released through MGM Home Entertainment , written by Brad Wright and directed by Martin Wood. The film is a time-travel adventure and is the second sequel to Stargate SG-1, after Stargate: The Ark of Truth...
, a 2008 direct-to-DVD movie of the Stargate franchise
Science
- Continuum conceptContinuum conceptThe continuum concept is an idea relating to human development proposed by Jean Liedloff in her 1975 book The Continuum Concept. According to Liedloff, in order to achieve optimal physical, mental and emotional development, human beings—especially babies—require the kind of experience to which...
, in psychology, Jean Liedloff's articulation of the natural principles upon which attachment parenting was founded - Continuum mechanicsContinuum mechanicsContinuum mechanics is a branch of mechanics that deals with the analysis of the kinematics and the mechanical behavior of materials modelled as a continuous mass rather than as discrete particles...
, a branch of physics that deals with continuous matter - Space-time continuum, any mathematical model that combines space and time into a single continuum
- Continuum theory of specific heats of solids — see Debye modelDebye modelIn thermodynamics and solid state physics, the Debye model is a method developed by Peter Debye in 1912 for estimating the phonon contribution to the specific heat in a solid. It treats the vibrations of the atomic lattice as phonons in a box, in contrast to the Einstein model, which treats the...
- Triune continuum, trinity of continual representations in general system modeling defined in the theory of triune continuum, used in the Triune Continuum ParadigmTriune Continuum ParadigmThe Triune continuum paradigm is a paradigm for general system modeling published in 2002. The paradigm allows for building of rigorous conceptual frameworks employed for systems modeling in various application contexts .- Introduction :As it is defined in the Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy:...
Other
- Continuum (sculpture)Continuum (sculpture)Continuum is a public artwork by American sculptor Charles O. Perry located in front of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, United States.-Description:...
, a 1976 public artwork by American sculptor Charles O. Perry - Continuum, aka Continuing Anglican movementContinuing Anglican MovementThe term Continuing Anglican movement refers to a number of churches in various countries that have been formed outside of the Anglican Communion. These churches generally believe that "traditional" forms of Anglican faith and worship have been unacceptably revised or abandoned within some...
, dissenting churches who have left the Anglican Communion - "Consciousness Continuüm" or the MindstreamMindstreamMindstream in Buddhist philosophy is the moment-to-moment "continuum" of awareness. There are a number of terms in the Buddhist literature that may well be rendered "mindstream"...
(Sanskrit: citta-santāna) - Continuum (dream), a type of false awakening
- Apache ContinuumApache ContinuumApache Continuum, a partner to Apache Maven, is a continuous integration server, which runs builds on a configurable schedule. Much like CruiseControl, Continuum emails developers when the build is broken, requesting that the culprit fix the problem...
, a continuous integration server for building Java-based projects - Continuum Morphology is an interpretation of morphology in biology proposed by Rolf SattlerRolf SattlerRolf Sattler, Ph.D., D.Sc. , F.L.S., F.R.S.C., is a Canadian plant morphologist, biologist, philosopher, and educator. He is considered one of the most significant contributors to the field of plant morphology. His contributions are not only empirical but involved also a revision of the most...
- Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management#Continuum, the rolling seminar series, an annual event at the school
- Continuum, the magazine of the University of UtahUniversity of UtahThe University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
- Continuum, a series of four science fiction anthologies edited by Roger ElwoodRoger ElwoodRoger Elwood was an American science fiction writer and editor, perhaps best known for having edited a large number of anthologies and collections for a variety of publishers in the early 1970s.-Biography:...
in 1974–75