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continuant

noun

Etymology

From continue + -ant.

  1. derived from continuāre
  2. derived from continuer
  3. inherited from continuen
  4. suffixed as continuant — “continue + ant”

Definitions

  1. A linguistic sound other than a stop.

  2. A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.

    • As a further point of clarification, notice that (C0) does not characterize a criterion for determining whether a continuant x of kind K that exists at t 1 is identical to a continuant y of kind K that exists at t 2 .

  3. An endurant.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An inherited descendant.

    2. Continuing

      Continuing; prolonged; sustained.

      • a continuant sound

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for continuant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA