continuum

See also: continuüm

continuum - English

Pronunciation

IPA: /kənˈtɪnjuəm/

Noun

continuum (plural continuums or continua)

A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
A continuous extent.
(mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
(music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

Synonyms

(set of real numbers): ℝ (translingual)

Derived terms

Related terms

continuous

Translations

Chinese:
- Cantonese: 連續體／连续体 (lin⁴ zuk⁶ tai³)
- Mandarin: 連續體／连续体 (liánxùtǐ)
Finnish: jatkumo (fi)
French: continuum (fr) m
Greek: συνεχές (el) n (synechés)
Hebrew: רצף‎ (he) m (rétsef)
Japanese: 連続体 (れんぞくたい, renzokutai)
Polish: kontinuum (pl) n
Portuguese: continuum (pt) m

Armenian: կոնտինուում (hy) (kontinuum)
Czech: kontinuum (cs) n
Dutch: continuüm (nl) n
Finnish: jatkumo (fi)
French: continuum (fr) m
German: Kontinuum (de) n
Greek: συνεχές (el) n (synechés)
Hebrew: רצף‎ (he) m (rétsef)
Italian: continuo (it) m
Jamaican Creole: kantiniuom
Kazakh: үздіксіздік (üzdıksızdık)
Malay: kontinum
Portuguese: série (pt) f
Russian: конти́нуум (ru) m (kontínuum)
Swedish: kontinuum (sv) n

Chinese:
- Mandarin: 連續統／连续统 (zh) (liánxùtǒng), 閉聯集／闭联集 (zh) (bìliánjí)
Finnish: lukusuora (fi), jatkumo (fi), kontinuumi (fi), kaikkien reaalilukujen joukko
German: Kontinuum (de) n
Hebrew: רצף‎ (he) m (rétsef)
Italian: continuo (it) m
Japanese: 連続体 (れんぞくたい, renzokutai)
Kazakh: континуум (kontinuum)
Korean: 연속체(連續體) (yeonsokche)
Russian: конти́нуум (ru) m (kontínuum)
Swedish: kontinuum (sv) n

Finnish: continuum (fi)

continuum - Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkontinu.um/, [ˈko̞n̪t̪iˌnu.um]
Syllabification: con‧ti‧nu‧um

Noun

continuum

(music) continuum (type of electronic instrument)

Declension

Inflection of continuum (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		continuum	continuumit
genitive		continuumin	continuumien
partitive		continuumia	continuumeja
illative		continuumiin	continuumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		continuum	continuumit
accusative	nom.	continuum	continuumit
accusative	gen.	continuumin	continuumit
genitive		continuumin	continuumien
partitive		continuumia	continuumeja
inessive		continuumissa	continuumeissa
elative		continuumista	continuumeista
illative		continuumiin	continuumeihin
adessive		continuumilla	continuumeilla
ablative		continuumilta	continuumeilta
allative		continuumille	continuumeille
essive		continuumina	continuumeina
translative		continuumiksi	continuumeiksi
instructive		—	continuumein
abessive		continuumitta	continuumeitta
comitative		—	continuumeineen

Possessive forms of continuum (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	continuumini	continuumimme
2nd person	continuumisi	continuuminne
3rd person	continuuminsa

continuum - French

Pronunciation

IPA: /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ɔm/

Noun

continuum m (plural continuums)

continuum

Derived terms

continuum dialectal

continuum - Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA: /konˈti.nu.um/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪnuʊ̃ˑ]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA: /konˈti.nu.um/, [kon̪ˈt̪iːnuːm]

Adjective

continuum

inflection of continuus:
1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
2. accusative masculine singular

continuum - Portuguese

Noun

continuum m (plural continuuns or continua)

continuum (series where neighbouring elements are very similar, but distant elements are very different)

Related terms

contínuo

continuum - Romanian

Noun

continuum n (plural continuumuri)

continuum

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) continuum	continuumul	(niște) continuumuri	continuumurile
genitive/dative	(unui) continuum	continuumului	(unor) continuumuri	continuumurilor
vocative	continuumule		continuumurilor