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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Continual \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 deligh by a continental 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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
continual
adj 1: seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what
recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and
closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the
shutters" [ant: {sporadic}]
2: `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used
interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without
interruption)
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