continuous time

noun

A framework which views variables as having a particular value only for an infinitesimally short amount of time.

Meanings

nouncontinuous time (countable and uncountable, plural continuous times)

plural continuous times

  1. countableuncountablemathematical dynamicsmathematicsA framework which views variables as having a particular value only for an infinitesimally short amount of time.
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