continuum

UK: /kənˈtɪnjʊəm/ US: /kənˈtɪnjuəm/ ,(kən tin′yo̅o̅ əm)

Inflections of 'continuum' (n):

continua

npl

continuums

npl

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

con•tin•u•um /kənˈtɪnyuəm/   n. [countable] , pl. -tin•u•a 

/-ˈtɪnyuə/.  
1. a continuous extent, series, or number of things together as a whole, but with no noticeable division into parts:
   the space-time continuum.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

con•tin•u•um  (kən tin′yo̅o̅ əm), n., pl. -tin•u•a 

(-tin′yo̅o̅ ə). 
1. a continuous extent, series, or whole.
2. [Math.]
   • a set of elements such that between any two of them there is a third element.
   • the set of all real numbers.
   • any compact, connected set containing at least two elements.

• Latin, noun, nominal use of neuter of continuus continuous
• 1640–50

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continuum / kənˈtɪnjʊəm/ noun ( -tinua / -ˈtɪnjʊə/, -tinuums)

1. a continuous series or whole, no part of which is perceptibly different from the adjacent parts

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin, neuter of continuus continuous