continuity (kontinuiti)

Sp. continuidad = Pg. continuidade = It. con tinuità, continuitate, continuous IMG:content-1180.png:[blocks in formation] Contorniate with head of Trajan.- British Museum. (Size of the original.) tionist. contort (kon-tôrt'), v. t. [L. contort us, pp. of contorquere (> It.contorcere ), twist, contraband contour (kon-tör'), v. t. [ Contour-feathers, pennæ or plumæ proper, have a perfect stem composed of calamus and rhachis, with vanes of pennaceous structure, at least in part, usually plumulaceous toward the base. These form the great bulk of the surface plumage. Coues, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 85. contour-hair (kon-tör'har), n. One of the hairs of the general superficial pelage of a quadruped, which to some extent determines the contour of the animal: distinguished from the hidden under-fur. The fur of the seal or beaver when dre ed for use in garments, etc., is deprived of its contour-hairs. The various forms of hairs, whether woolly or contour the same early condition. IMG:content-1181.jpg:[graphic] Dawson, Nature and the Bible, p. 134. continuousne (kon-tin'ū-us-nes), n. The state or quality of being continuous; uninterrupted ne . Syn. Continuity , etc. See continuation . continuum (kon-tin'ū-um), n .; pl. continua (-) . [L., neut. of continuus , continuous: see continu ous.] A continuous spread or extension; a continuity; a continuous quantity. See continuity . The animal world is a continuum of smells, sights, touches, tastes, pains, and pleasures. G. H. Lewes , Probs. of Life and Mind, II. iii. § 12. It is interesting to note that all po ible sensations of colour, of tone, and of temperature constitute as many groups of qualitative continua . By continuum is here meant a series of presentations changing gradually in quality, i. e., so that any two differ le the more they approximate in the series. J. Ward , Encyc. Brit., XX. 51. cont-line (kont'lin or -lin), n. [For* cant - line , line2 .] 1. Naut . , the space between the bilges of casks which are stowed alongside of one another.-2. The space between the strands on the outside of a rope, which in worming is filled up, so as to make the rope nearly cylindrical. E. H. Knight .