continuous
Laws of motion of any kind become comprehensible to man only when he examines arbitrarily selected elements of that motion; but at the same time, a large proportion of human error comes from the arbitrary division of
continuous
motion into discontinuous elements.
Quantity is either discrete or
continuous
. Moreover, some quantities are such that each part of the whole has a relative position to the other parts: others have within them no such relation of part to part.
An action which is one and
continuous
in the sense above defined, I call Simple, when the change of fortune takes place without Reversal of the Situation and without Recognition.
But, as it is not unreasonable to suppose that I may have held its threads with a more
continuous
attention than anyone else can have given them during its desultory publication, it is not unreasonable to ask that the weaving may be looked at in its completed state, and with the pattern finished.
His cranial cavity is
continuous
with the first neck-vertebra; and in that vertebra the bottom of the spinal canal will measure ten inches across, being eight in height, and of a triangular figure with the base downwards.
The warning light for Harmattan winds will be
continuous
vertical glare (white) on all oases of trans-Saharan N.
And in this case the effects of intercrossing can hardly be counterbalanced by natural selection always tending to modify all the individuals in each district in exactly the same manner to the conditions of each; for in a
continuous
area, the conditions will generally graduate away insensibly from one district to another.
Square offspring has sometimes resulted from a slightly Irregular Triangle; but in almost every such case the Irregularity of the first generation is visited on the third; which either fails to attain the Pentagonal rank, or relapses to the Triangular.] Such a birth requires, as its antecedents, not only a series of carefully arranged intermarriages, but also a long, continued exercise of frugality and self-control on the part of the would-be ancestors of the coming Equilateral, and a patient, systematic, and
continuous
development of the Isosceles intellect through many generations.
Attributing this to the
continuous
uproar of the thunder they pushed at one of the doors, which yielded.
The powerful ventilators added their
continuous
blasts and saturated with oxygen the glowing plates.
It was only the first note of the celestial prelude, for it was followed in quick succession by numerous flashes, whilst the crash and roll of thunder seemed
continuous
.
As I continued to thread the tall woods, I could hear from far before me not only the
continuous
thunder of the surf, but a certain tossing of foliage and grinding of boughs which showed me the sea breeze had set in higher than usual.