Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Continued

Continued , past participle and adjective

Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story.
Continued woe. — Jenyns
Continued succession. — Locke
Collocations (4)
Continued bass (Music) , a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo.
Continued fever (Medicine) , a fever which presents no interruption in its course.
Continued fraction (Mathematics) , a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and so on.
Continued proportion (Mathematics) , a proportion composed of two or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the following one; as, 4: 8: 8: 16:: 16: 32.