It may seem strange that this last observation could have surprised anyone, but in Galileo's time people assumed that the Milky Way must be some kind of continuous substance.
The cosmos is pervaded by a continuous invisible substance which they called pneuma (Greek: "breath").
Stationary heat transfer in a granular material consisting of a continuous medium containing spherical granules of other substances is considered under the assumption that the spatial distribution of granules is random.
Underlying this dispute was a perceived basic dichotomy, not confined to mathematics but pervading all nature: is the universe made up of discrete atoms (as the philosopher Democritus believed) which hence can be counted, or does it consist of one or more continuous substances (as Thales of Miletus is reputed to have believed) and thus can only be measured?
For Huawei, it's part of a continuous uphill struggle.
Detonation of a continuous rod warhead at China Lake, California.
Additionally, several microbial communities interact with each other including members of actinobacteria, α, β, γ and ∆ proteobacteria, firmicutes, bacteriodetes and archaea and remain in a continuous layer of exo-polymeric substance (EPS) forming a matrix of microbial network (biofilm).
In order to survive inside the host, cysticerci need to carry out a continuous turnover of substances, for which the maintenance of an intact excretory system appears to be crucial [3].
The occlusal loss of equine dental substances is compensated by a continuous eruptive movement of the tooth at an adequate rate.
Contrary to previous studies[ 14, 34] poly-drug use was not confirmed as an independent factor for HRQL, not even when considering as a continuous variable the number of illegal substances used with a frequency of weekly or higher.
The response categories were 'never', 'a few times', 'monthly'weeklykly', or 'daily.' To describe frequency of substance use, the categories were collapsed to 'never', 'frequent, but not daily use', and 'daily use.' To examine associations between frequency of each substance and dietary practices, each substance was used as a continuous variable.
