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Webster 1913 Edition

Continued

Con-tin′ued

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p.
p.
&
Adj.
Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.;
as, a
continued
story
.
“Continued woe.”
Jenyns.
“Continued succession.”
Locke.
Continued bass
(Mus.)
,
a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo.
[It.] –
Continued fever
(Med.)
,
a fever which presents no interruption in its course.
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Continued fraction
(Math.)
,
a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and so on.
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Continued proportion
(Math.)
,
a proportion composed of two or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the following one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32.

Webster 1828 Edition

Continued

CONTINUED

, pp.
1.
Drawn out; protracted; produced; extended in length; extended without interruption.
2.
a. Extended in time without intermission; proceeding without cessation; unceasing; as a continued fever, which abates but never entirely intermits. A continued base is performed through the whole piece.
Continued proportion, in arithmetic, is where the consequent of the first ratio is the same with the antecedent of the second, as 4 : 8 : : 8 : 16, in contradistinction from discrete proportion.

Definition 2024

continued

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English

Adjective

continued ‎(not comparable)

  1. (dated) Prolonged; unstopped.
    • 1797, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, J. S. Barr (editor and translator), Barr's Buffon: Buffon's Natural Hiſtory, page 20,
      […] and for the pronunciation of F, a more continued ſound is neceſſary than for that of any of the conſonants.
    • 1819 [1736], Joseph Butler, Andrew Kippis (biography of the author), Samuel Hallifax (preface), The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature, page 93,
      But when the exercise of the virtuous principle is more continued, oftener repeated, and more intense, as it must be in circumstances of danger, temptation, and difficulty of any kind and any degree, this tendency is increased proportionably, and a more confirmed habit is the consequence.
    • 1820, A. P. Wilson Philip, A Treatise on Fevers: Including the Various Species of Simple and Eruptive Fevers, page 57,
      Instead of becoming more continued, intermittents sometimes become less so, which is always favourable.
  2. Uninterrupted.

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Verb

continued

  1. simple past tense and past participle of continue

Noun

continued ‎(plural continueds)

  1. the word continued when placed in the end of the page to show it is to be continued

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈtɪnjuːd/

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