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Continuity

the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers.

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Book 76% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Coherence 76% connected

Alt. of Coherency

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Coherency 76% connected

A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.

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Cohesion 76% connected

The act or state of sticking together; close union.

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Durability 76% connected

The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences w…

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Script 76% connected

A writing; a written document.

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Strength 76% connected

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force;…

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Continuous 74% connected

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; pro…

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Continuous 74% connected

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; pro…

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Continuous 66% connected

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; pro…

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Continuous 66% connected

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; pro…

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Persistence 92% connected

Alt. of Persistency

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History noun · 78% connection

the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long…

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Causation noun · 78% connection

the act of causing something to happen

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Causing noun · 78% connection

the act of causing something to happen

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Certification noun · 78% connection

confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

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Change noun · 78% connection

money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency; "he got change for a twenty and used it…

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Chronology noun · 78% connection

the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events

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Corroboration noun · 78% connection

confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

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Documentation noun · 78% connection

confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

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Evidence noun · 78% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Grounds noun · 78% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Historian noun · 78% connection

a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it

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Historic adjective · 78% connection

belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historic…

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Historical adjective · 78% connection

belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historic…

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Historiographer noun · 78% connection

a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it

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Interpretation noun · 78% connection

an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

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Adnate adjective · 78% connection

Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Alternation noun · 78% connection

The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Ankylosis noun · 78% connection

The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Athetosis noun · 78% connection

a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts

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Catenation noun · 78% connection

Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Coalescent adjective · 78% connection

Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Compactly adverb · 78% connection

In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Compactness noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Compacture noun · 78% connection

Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Company union noun · 78% connection

a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Consist verb · 78% connection

To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to ex…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Continuum noun · 78% connection

a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts

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Crocidolite noun · 78% connection

A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and sod…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Discontinue verb · 78% connection

To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Fibred adjective · 78% connection

Having fibers; made up of fibers.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Fibreless adjective · 78% connection

Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Fixedness noun · 78% connection

The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: continuous, uninterupted, connection, succession, close.
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Flux noun · 78% connection

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

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