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con·tin·u·ous  audio  (kn-tny-s) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent. See Synonyms at continual.
  2. Attached together in repeated units: a continuous form fed into a printer.
  3. Mathematics Of or relating to a line or curve that extends without a break or irregularity.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin continuus ; see continue

OTHER FORMS:
con·tinu·ous·ly(Adverb), con·tinu·ous·ness(Noun)


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