Definition of "continuity" []

• The state or quality of being continuous. (noun)
• An uninterrupted succession or flow; a coherent whole. (noun)
• A detailed script or scenario consulted to avoid discrepancies from shot to shot in a film, allowing the various scenes to be shot out of order. (noun)
• Spoken matter serving to link parts of a radio or television program so that no break occurs. (noun)

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• "In short, while the approach to development in continuity is important, both practically and in principle, it is not as though this supercedes these long-utilized historical expressions, nor is it an absolute requirement it be approached in each and every instance."
• "Once again, Enterprise delivers an episode steeped in continuity from the original series and it gets it all right."
• "Erie Stanley Gardner has never wavered in the title continuity of his Perry Mason novels."