Con*tin"u*al (?), a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See Continue.]
1.
Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Prov. xv. 15.
2.
Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.
The eye is delighted by a continual succession of small landscapes.
W. Irwing.
Continual proportionals Math., quantities in continued proportion.
Brande & C.
Syn. -- Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous.
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