The phrase "a continuous sweep" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an uninterrupted or ongoing movement or action, often in contexts related to scanning, monitoring, or observation.
Example: "The security system performed a continuous sweep of the premises to ensure there were no intruders."
Alternatives: "an ongoing scan" or "a constant motion".
Next might be using nuclear weapons used in a controlled way, say on a continuous sweep of 20-30 shots a year with the targets selected using a random lottery.
As shown in Fig. 2b, when a continuous sweep positive pulse voltage from 0 to 1.4 V is applied to the device, the conductivity decreases continuously with six easily recognized states; when a continuous sweep negative pulse voltage from 0 to −0.6 V is applied to the device, the conductivity increase continuously with difficultly distinguishable ones.
Ever since the discovery that reading consists of a series of fixations rather than a continuous sweep of the eyes across the text [45], investigators have looked to the eye movements for clues into how reading works.
Subjects were requested to move the spot to the center of the new position of the target circle as quickly as possible and then hold this position until the target circle moved off in a continuous sweep.
A sketch of the Chemobile showed it to have a square base, barely clearing the road, & supporting a high oval structure, around which runs an almost continuous sweep of glass.
Regular measurements use a continuous drain sweep.
We also show that the frequency of the chemical signal can be modulated without interruption, with the potential for a continuous frequency sweep.
The latest Rolls, the Silver Seraph, has a softer, flowing design that the company calls "a modern interpretation of classic themes". A continuous line sweeps from nose to tail, with the trunk rising higher, recalling the Silver Cloud of the 1950's.
Certain target orbits of interest in the hurricane can be continuously sampled by some balloons, while other balloons make continuous sweeps between the eye and the spiral rain bands.
The data was collected in continuous sweeps of 5 s, and we therefore fit the model separately to these 5 s episodes.
Time-variant variables were: weekly family income equivalised using Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) weights (included as a continuous variable) and an indicator for sweep of data collection in order to account for secular and age-related trends.
