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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

con·tin·u·um / kənˈtinyoōəm/ • n. (pl. -u·a / -yoōə/ ) [usu. in sing.] a continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, although the extremes are quite distinct: at the fast end of the fast-slow continuum. ∎ Math. the set of real numbers.

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continuum

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

continuum The idea that vegetation is continuously variable and cannot be classified into discrete entities, since it shows gradual change in response to environmental change. Such change may be analysed using ordination methods (e.g. the ‘continuum approach’ of the Wisconsin ordination scheme).

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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

continuum The idea that vegetation is continuously variable and cannot be classified into discrete entities, since it shows gradual change in response to environmental change. Such change may be analysed using ordination methods, e.g. the ‘continuum approach’ of the Wisconsin ordination scheme.

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continuum

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

continuum A featureless spectrum, or region of the spectrum between absorption or emission lines. Measurement of the strengths of such lines requires accurate determination of the strength of the continuum on either side of the line.

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continuum

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

continuum •jeroboam, Noam, Siloam •brougham •residuum, triduum •continuum • Brabham • album •sachem • Beecham • Mitchum •Adam, macadam, madam, Madame •avizandum, fandom, memorandum, nil desperandum, random, tandem •tarmacadam •shahdom, stardom, tsardom •beldam, seldom •addendum, corrigendum, referendum •heirdom • sheikhdom • Gaeldom •thanedom • saintdom •Edom, freedom, Needham •chiefdom, fiefdom •queendom • heathendom •crippledom • officialdom • Wyndham •Christendom • kingdom • princedom •wisdom • fogeydom • yuppiedom •rodham, Sodom •condom •boredom, whoredom •thraldom • Oldham • popedom •dukedom •Carborundum, corundum •poppadom • pauperdom • martyrdom •reductio ad absurdum • serfdom •earldom

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