Continuous \Con*tin"u*ous\, a. [L. continuus, fr. continere
         to
   hold together. See Continent.]
   1.
         Without break, cessation, or interruption; without
     
         intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken;
     
         continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted;
    
          extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous

              current of electricity.
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            he can hear its continuous murmur.    --Longfellow.
    
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   2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying
         from uninformity; not
      interrupted; not joined or
         articulated.
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   Continuous brake
         (Railroad), a brake which is attached to
      each car a
         train, and can be caused to operate in all the
      cars
         simultaneously from a point on any car or on the
     
         engine.

   Continuous impost. See Impost.

   Syn:
         Continuous,
         Continual.

  
         Usage: Continuous is the
         stronger word, and denotes that the
          continuity or union of parts is absolute and
          uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a
          continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel
          Webster speaks of "a continuous and unbroken strain of
          the martial airs of England." Continual, in most
          cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of
          things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak
          of continual showers, implying a repetition with
          occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as
          liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual
          applications for aid, etc. See Constant.
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