continuum

連続体

隣り合う部分に明確な境目がなく、少しずつ変化していく一続きのもの。

やさしい英語で： A range in which things change gradually, with no clear dividing lines between neighboring parts.

• Colors form a continuum.
• These behaviors lie on a continuum from helpful to harmful.
• There is no sharp boundary between stages in this continuum.

使い方： a continuum from A to B (These attitudes form a continuum from strong opposition to full support.); on a continuum (Language skills lie on a continuum.)

類義語： spectrum

よく使う表現： on a continuum, continuum of something, continuous continuum