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Basso continuo, or continued bass.

rrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. he can hear its continuous murmur. Longfellow.

In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.

One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance, 2.

Not continuous; interrupted; broken off. A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. De Quincey.

Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.] The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy. Coleridge.

That aches; continuously painful. See Ache. -- Ach"ing*ly, adv. The aching heart, the aching head. Longfellow.

primary sensation in positive, negative, or complementary form. The aftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or follow it after an interval.

nd forces. The usual divisions are: (1) A regular or active army, in which soldiers serve continuously with the colors and live in barracks or cantonments when not in the field; (2) the reserves of this army, in which the soldiers, while remaining constantly subject to a call to the colors, live at their homes, being s…

Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.

To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones. In every babbling he finds a friend. Wordsworth.

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.

The double bass, or contrabasso. Basso continuo (. Etym: [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part written out continuously, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass; continued bass.

A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.

k, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.

-- Brake wheel, a wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated. -- Continuous brake . See under Continuous.

Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.

To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes. Brooding on unprofitable gold. Dryden. Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spiri…

A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein. Page.