continuation

noun
/kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/US/kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation.

  1. derived from continuātiō
  2. derived from continuation
  3. inherited from continuacion

Definitions

  1. The act or state of continuing or being continued

    The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession

    • There is no reason for the continuation of this discrepancy in maximum penalties since the relevant factor here is assault, not the sex of the person assaulted.
  2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.

    • the continuation of a story
    • The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.
  3. A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may…

    A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.

    • Whenever a Scheme expression is evaluated a continuation exists that wants the result of the expression.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning…

      A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at continuation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at continuation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at continuation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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