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2 definitions found 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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