con·tin·u·um

(click to hear the word) (kn-tny-m) n. pl. con·tin·u·a (-tny-) or con·tin·u·ums A continuous extent, succession, or whole, no part of which can be distinguished from neighboring parts except by arbitrary division. Mathematics A set having the same number of points as all the real numbers in an interval. The set of all real numbers. [Latin, neuter of continuus, continuous ; see continue.]