continuity (noun)

  • 61music — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English musik, from Anglo French musike, from Latin musica, from Greek mousikē any art presided over by the Muses, especially music, from feminine of mousikos of the Muses, from Mousa Muse Date:… …

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  • 62province — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin provincia Date: 14th century 1. a. a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government b. an administrative district or division of a country c. plural all of …

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  • 63tradition — noun Etymology: Middle English tradicioun, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French tradicion, from Latin tradition , traditio action of handing over, tradition more at treason Date: 14th century 1. a. an inherited, established, or customary… …

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  • 64unconformity — noun Date: circa 1600 1. archaic lack of conformity 2. a. lack of continuity in deposition between rock strata in contact corresponding to a period of nondeposition, weathering, or erosion b. the surface of contact between unconformable strata …

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  • 65unity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English unite, from Anglo French unité, from Latin unitat , unitas, from unus one more at one Date: 14th century 1. a. the quality or state of not being multiple ; oneness b. (1) a definite a …

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  • 66noncontinuity — noun Absence of continuity …

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  • 67continuousness — noun The state or quality of being continuous. See Also: continuity …

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  • 68sticktoitiveness — noun persistence; determination. There is probably nothing more essential to permanent business success than sticktoitiveness, or it might be expressed in the word continuity. It requires time to fit oneself for service …

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  • 69unevenness — noun a) The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity. The unevenness of his voice betrayed his nervousness …

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  • 70reset button — noun A plot device that interrupts continuity in works of fiction, by returning characters and situations to the status quo they held before certain changes were introduced …

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