continuous meaning
EN
[kənˈtɪnjuəs] 
US WContinuous
- AdjectivePREcon-SUF-ous
- Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening time.
- a continuous current of electricity
- Without intervening space; continued; protracted; extended.
- a continuous line of railroad
- (botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
- (analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
- (mathematics, more generally, of a function) Such that each open set in the range has an open preimage.
- Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.
- (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.
- Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening time.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Thus, spiritual "emergence" has often been no continuous picnic, whether for the crying infant or the midlife adult, even with the best of childhood parentings.
- I am wired into my work on a continuous basis. I think that I can shut it off, but in my heart I know I cannot
- Google Glass batteries power down after 45 minutes of continuous recording, making it unlikely anyone could capture an entire film.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Continuous watchfulness is maintained around the clock.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of continuous in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "continuous" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective.