English-German translations for continuum

• Kontinuum das
  In dieser Untersuchung wird eine sehr einfache Feststellung getroffen: Es besteht ein Kontinuum zwischen all diesen Formen von Gewalt. The survey revealed a very simple fact. There is a continuum of different types of violence.
  Es besteht ein Kontinuum zwischen der häuslichen Gewalt und der Gewalt im öffentlichen Raum. There is a continuum ranging from domestic violence to violence that occurs in public spaces.
  Die verschiedenen Berichte, über die wir heute diskutieren sind Ausdruck dieses Kontinuums. This continuum is well represented by the various reports that we are discussing today.

Definition of continuum

• A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other
• A continuous extent
• The set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space

Related words

• continuum hypothesis
• continuum mechanics
• dialect continuum
• cardinality of the continuum