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Definition: Continuous impost
Continuous
\Con*tin"u*ous\, a. [L. continuus, fr. continere to
hold together. See
Continent.]
1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without
intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken;
continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted;
extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous
current of electricity.
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he can hear its continuous murmur. --Longfellow.
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2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not
interrupted; not joined or articulated.
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Continuous brake (Railroad), a brake which is attached to
each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the
cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the
engine.
Continuous impost. See
Impost.
Syn:
Continuous,
Continual.
Usage: Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the
continuity or union of parts is absolute and
uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a
continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel
Webster speaks of
“a continuous and unbroken strain
of the martial airs of England.” Continual, in most
cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of
things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak
of continual showers, implying a repetition with
occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as
liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual
applications for aid, etc. See
Constant.
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