Continuum

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Continuum (occasionally spelled continuüm) (pl. -tinua or -tinuums) may refer to:

• Continuum (theory), anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition, to a different condition, without any abrupt changes

Contents 1 Mathematics 2 Companies 3 Games 4 Music 5 Popular culture 6 Religion 7 Science 8 Spirituality 9 Other 10 Common mispronunciation 11 See also

[edit] Mathematics

In mathematics, "the continuum" is sometimes used to denote the real line, and more generally to describe similar objects. Every part of the real line is said to be a continuum. Peirce: A continuum is something every part of which has parts.

• Continuum (set theory), the real line or the corresponding cardinal number
• Linear continuum, any ordered set that shares certain properties of the real line
• Continuum (topology), a nonempty compact connected metric space (sometimes Hausdorff space)
• Continuum hypothesis, a mathematical hypothesis
• Cardinality of the continuum, a question in set theory
• Continuous function, a function for which, intuitively, small changes in the input result in small changes in the output.

[edit] Companies

• Continuum International Publishing Group, a British-based publisher
• Continuum Entertainment, a Brazilian game developer
• Continuum (design consultancy), A design & innovation consultancy with offices in Boston, Milan and Seoul

[edit] Games

• The Continuum, the browser-based fantasy collectible wargame
• Continuum (computer game), the North American version of the classic computer game Alpha Waves
• Command & Conquer: Continuum, a cancelled MMORPG in the Command & Conquer series
• Continuum (game client), a game client for the SubSpace computer game
• C°ntinuum, a time travel role-playing game
• The C.H.A.O.S. Continuum, a time-travel adventure game in the year 2577

[edit] Music

• Continuum (album), an album by John Mayer released in 2006
• Continuum (Prototype album), an album by Prototype
• Continuum (Ligeti), a composition for harpsichord by György Ligeti
• "Continuum" (song), a song by Jaco Pastorius released on his self titled album, August 1976
• Continuum (music project), a musical collaboration between Steven Wilson and Dirk Serries
• Continuum (instrument), a continuous pitch performance controller developed by Haken Audio

[edit] Popular culture

• Q Continuum, a parallel existence in the fictional Star Trek universe where omnipotent entities all known as 'Qs' exist
• Stargate: Continuum, a direct-to-DVD movie of the Stargate franchise
• Continuum, an Australian speculative fiction convention

[edit] Religion

• Continuum, aka Continuing Anglican movement, dissenting churches who have left the Anglican Communion

[edit] Science

• Continuum concept, in psychology, Jean Liedloff's articulation of the natural principles upon which attachment parenting was founded
• Continuum mechanics, a branch of physics that deals with continuous matter
• Space-time continuum
• Continuum theory of specific heats of solids — see Debye model
• Dialect continuum

[edit] Spirituality

• "Consciousness Continuüm" or the Mindstream (Sanskrit: citta-santāna)

[edit] Other

• Apache Continuum, a continuous integration server for building Java-based projects
• Continuum Morphology is an interpretation of morphology in biology proposed by Rolf Sattler

[edit] Common mispronunciation

Continoom - del tech instructor's variation of the word continuum.

[edit] See also

• Continuity

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