CONTINUATION, noun [Latin] 1. Extension of existence in a series or line; succession uninterrupted. These things must be the works of providence, for the continuation of the species. 2. Extension or carrying on to a further point; as the continuation of a story. 3. Extension in space; production; a carrying on in length; as the continuation of a line in surveying.
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