continuance

Type of:: time
the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

Antonyms:: discontinuance, discontinuation
the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)

Types:: show 16 types...; hide 16 types...; lengthening, perpetuation, prolongation, protraction
the act of prolonging something; repeating, repetition
the act of doing or performing again; perseverance, perseveration, persistence
the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; abidance
the act of abiding (enduring without yielding); prosecution, pursuance
the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion; survival
something that survives; custom, usage, usance
accepted or habitual practice; echolalia
(psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia); iteration
doing or saying again; a repeated performance; redundancy
repetition of an act needlessly; reduplication, reiteration
the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof); copying
an act of copying; action replay, instant replay, replay
the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape; hangover, holdover
something that has survived from the past; renewal
the act of renewing; replication
the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion

Examples:: Regency
the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; clocking
the time taken to traverse a measured course; longueur
a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art); residence time
the period of time spent in a particular place; span
the complete duration of something; stint, stretch
an unbroken period of time during which you do something; time scale
an arrangement of events used as a measure of duration; note value, time value, value
(music) the relative duration of a musical note; rule
the duration of a monarch's or government's power; attention span
the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity; extended time scale, slow time scale
(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one; fast time scale
(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one; regency
the period of time during which a regent governs

DEFINITIONS OF: continuance