Meaning of continuity in English

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Noun
continuity
Etymology
late Middle English: from Old French continuite, from Latin continuitas, from continuare‘continue’, from continuus (see continuous)
Definitions
1. uninterrupted connection or union
Antonyms
- discontinuity
2. a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
3. the property of a continuous and connected period of time

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