[syn: lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Continuation \Con*tin`u*a"tion\, n. [L. continuatio: cf. F.
connuation.]
1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being
continued; uninterrupted extension or succession;
prolongation; propagation.
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Preventing the continuation of the royal line.
--Macaulay.
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2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on;
as, the continuation of a story.
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My continuation of the version of Statius. --Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
continuation
n 1: the act of continuing an activity without interruption
[syn: continuance, continuation] [ant:
discontinuance, discontinuation]
2: a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
[syn: sequel, continuation]
3: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an
innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its
established direction [syn: good continuation,
continuation, law of continuation]
4: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn:
lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
129 Moby Thesaurus words for "continuation":
PS, Parthian shot, accession, accessory, accompaniment, addenda,
addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum,
adjournal, adjournment, adjunct, adjuvant, afterthought, annex,
annexation, appanage, appendage, appendant, appendix, appurtenance,
appurtenant, attachment, augment, augmentation, back matter,
chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, coming after, complement,
conclusion, concomitant, consecution, consecutiveness, consequence,
continualness, continuance, continuity, corollary, deferment,
deferral, descent, double take, duration, dying words, endurance,
envoi, epilogue, extension, extension of time, extrapolation,
fixture, follow-through, follow-up, following, increase, increment,
last words, lengthening, line, lineage, lingering,
logical sequence, maintenance, offshoot, order,
order of succession, parting shot, pendant, peroration,
perpetuation, perseverance, persistence, posteriority, postface,
postfix, postlude, postponement, postposition, postscript,
procession, procrastination, progress, progression, prolongation,
prorogation, protraction, pursuance, putting-off, refrain,
reinforcement, repetition, rotation, run, second thought, sequel,
sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequence, sequent, sequitur, series,
side effect, side issue, staying power, straight course,
subjunction, subscript, succession, successiveness, suffix,
suffixation, supplement, sustained action, sustenance, swan song,
tabling, tag, tailpiece, undergirding, uninterrupted course,
unremittingness, way
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
continuation passing style
continuation
continuations
(CPS) A style of programming in which every user
function f takes an extra argument c known as a "continuation".
Whenever f would normally return a result r to its caller, it
instead returns the result of applying the continuation to r. The
continuation thus represents the whole of the rest of the
computation. Some examples:
normal (direct style) continuation passing style
square x = x * x square x k = k (x * x)
g (square 23) square 23 g
(square 3) + 1 square 3 ( \ s . s + 1 )
(1995-04-04)