(grammar) A tense used to express an ongoing action in the future. In English it is formed by use of will be (or shall be) and a present participle.

(statistics) A variable that has a continuous distribution function, such as temperature.

plural of continuous variable

(mathematical analysis) The property of a function f between metric spaces, that given a convergent sequence x_n→x^*, then f(x_n)→f(x^*), i.e. the property of a function that it preserves sequential convergence.

(mathematical analysis, of a function) The property of being uniformly continuous.

(mathematical analysis, of a function from a metric space X to a metric space Y) That for every real ε > 0 there exists a real δ > 0 such that for all pairs of points x and y in X for which D_X(x,y)<𝛿, it must be the case that D_Y(f(x),f(y))<𝜀 (where D_X and D_Y are the metrics of X and Y, respectively).

plural of continued fraction

(publishing) A word or phrase that appears at the end of an initial portion of a text, and indicates the location of the next portion or rest of the content; for example, "continued on page 9".

(US, Canada) Synonym of further education

plural of continuous phase