Continuum

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Continuum may refer to:

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

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Linguistics [edit]

  • Dialect continuum, the transition of one language to another through a series of speech variations

Mathematics [edit]

In mathematics, "the continuum" is sometimes used to denote the real line, and more generally to describe similar objects

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  • 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, any mathematical model that combines space and time into a single continuum
  • Continuum theory of specific heats of solids — see Debye model
  • Triune continuum, trinity of continual representations in general system modeling defined in the theory of triune continuum, used in the Triune Continuum Paradigm

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