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Continuum

noun

(pl. continua, continuums)

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

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"Continuum" Quotes from Famous Books

... especially in dealing with problems concerning objects in space, as in playing chess blindfold, inventing a machine, planning a tour on an imagined map. Most people draw many simple inferences by means of perceptions, or of mental imagery. On the other hand, some men think a good deal without any continuum of words and without any imagery, or with none that seems relevant to the purpose. Still the more elaborate sort of thinking, the grouping and concatenation of inferences, which we call reasoning, cannot be carried far without language ...

— Logic - Deductive and Inductive • Carveth Read

Words linked to "Continuum" : history, continuous, time