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Noun: continuation  kun,tin-yoo'ey-shun
  1. The act of continuing an activity without interruption
    - continuance
     
  2. A part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
    - sequel
     
  3. A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
    - good continuation, law of continuation
     
  4. The consequence of being lengthened in duration
    - lengthiness, prolongation, protraction

Derived forms: continuations

Type of: activity, addendum, duration, Gestalt law of organisation [Brit], Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organisation [Brit], Gestalt principle of organization, length, postscript, supplement

Antonym: discontinuation

Encyclopedia: Continuation