CONTINUITY

the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden. 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.

Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time. | A characteristic property of a continuous function. | A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories. | A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse. | Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions. | The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.