law of continuity

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law of continuity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Continuity \Con`ti*nu"i*ty\, n.; pl. Continuities. [L.
     continuitas: cf. F. continuit['e]. See Continuous.]
     the state of being continuous; uninterrupted connection or
     succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the
     continuity of fibers. --Grew.
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           The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a
           continuity of glittering objects.        --Dryden.
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     Law of continuity (Math. & Physics), the principle that
        nothing passes from one state to another without passing
        through all the intermediate states.
  
     Solution of continuity. (Math.) See under Solution.
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