continuousa.[L. continuus, fr. continere to hold together. See Continent.]1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity.()he can hear its continuous murmur. (Longfellow.)2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.()Continuous brake (Railroad), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine. -- Continuous impost. See Impost.()()