continuum

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts

Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”).

BENAVENTE.--De 5 a 12 y media, sección continua de cinematógrafo. — A First Spanish Reader, Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
I mean the continua of memory or personal consciousness, of time and of space. — The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, William James
Why, the world from which these people came doesn't even exist in this space-time continuum. — Time Crime, H. Beam Piper

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