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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume
Continuous
Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English vol.
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A variable is continuous 1 in a given interval when it can take on an infinite number of values between any two points contained in the interval. In the opposite case it is said to be discontinuous 2. Where a variable can take only certain isolated values it is called a discrete 3 variable.
- 1. Continuous, adj. - continuity, n.
- 2. Discontinuous, adj. - discontinuity, n.