continuation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of continuing an activity without interruption
    continuance.
  2. noun a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
    sequel.
  3. noun a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
    law of continuation; good continuation.
  4. noun the consequence of being lengthened in duration
    lengthiness; protraction; prolongation.

WordNet

Con*tin`u*a"tion noun
Etymology
L. continuatio: cf. F. connuation.
Definitions
  1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
    Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay.
  2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story.
    My continuation of the version of Statius. Pope.

Webster 1913