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Continuity
- noun - a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
- the property of a continuous and connected period of time
- uninterrupted connection or union
Continuous
- adjective - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"
- of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
Contorting
- verb - twist and press out of shape
Contortion
- noun - a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
- the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
Contouring
- verb - form the contours of
Contraband
- adjective - distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
- goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
Contrabass
- adjective - largest and lowest member of the violin family
- pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet"
Contracted
- verb - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
- become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
- compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
- engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
- make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
- reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes"
- squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"