Uninterrupted existence or succession

• persistency

  1. Persistence.

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  1. Persistence.

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• persistence

  1. The act of persisting.
  2. The state or quality of being persistent; persistency.
  3. Continuance of an effect after the cause is removed:

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  1. The act of persisting.
  2. The state or quality of being persistent; persistency.
  3. Continuance of an effect after the cause is removed:

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• endurance

  1. The act, quality, or power of withstanding hardship or stress:
  2. The state or fact of persevering:
  3. Continuing existence; duration.

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  1. The act, quality, or power of withstanding hardship or stress:
  2. The state or fact of persevering:
  3. Continuing existence; duration.

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• continuum

  1. A continuous extent, succession, or whole, no part of which can be distinguished from neighboring parts except by arbitrary division.
  2. A set having the same number of points as all the real numbers in an interval.
  3. The set of all real numbers.

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  1. A continuous extent, succession, or whole, no part of which can be distinguished from neighboring parts except by arbitrary division.
  2. A set having the same number of points as all the real numbers in an interval.
  3. The set of all real numbers.

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• continuity

  1. The state or quality of being continuous.
  2. An uninterrupted succession or flow; a coherent whole.
  3. A detailed script or scenario consulted to avoid discrepancies from shot to shot in a film, allowing the various scenes to be shot out of order.

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  1. The state or quality of being continuous.
  2. An uninterrupted succession or flow; a coherent whole.
  3. A detailed script or scenario consulted to avoid discrepancies from shot to shot in a film, allowing the various scenes to be shot out of order.

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• continuation

  1. The act or fact of going on or persisting:
  2. The state of continuing in the same condition, capacity, or place:
  3. An extension by which something is carried to a further point:

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  1. The act or fact of going on or persisting:
  2. The state of continuing in the same condition, capacity, or place:
  3. An extension by which something is carried to a further point:

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• continuance

  1. The act or fact of continuing:
  2. The time during which something exists or lasts; duration:
  3. A continuation or sequel:

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  1. The act or fact of continuing:
  2. The time during which something exists or lasts; duration:
  3. A continuation or sequel:

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A limited or specific period of time during which something happens, lasts, or extends

• time

  1. A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
  2. An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration:
  3. A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval:

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  1. A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
  2. An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration:
  3. A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval:

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• term

  1. A limited or established period of time that something is supposed to last, as a school or court session, tenure in public office, or a prison sentence.
  2. A point in time at which something ends; termination:
  3. The end of a normal gestation period:

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  1. A limited or established period of time that something is supposed to last, as a school or court session, tenure in public office, or a prison sentence.
  2. A point in time at which something ends; termination:
  3. The end of a normal gestation period:

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• stretch

  1. To lengthen, widen, or distend:
  2. To cause to extend from one place to another or across a given space:
  3. To make taut; tighten:

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  1. To lengthen, widen, or distend:
  2. To cause to extend from one place to another or across a given space:
  3. To make taut; tighten:

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• span

  1. The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth.
  2. The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.
  3. The section between two intermediate supports of a bridge.

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  1. The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth.
  2. The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.
  3. The section between two intermediate supports of a bridge.

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The period during which someone or something exists

• term

  1. A limited or established period of time that something is supposed to last, as a school or court session, tenure in public office, or a prison sentence.
  2. A point in time at which something ends; termination:
  3. The end of a normal gestation period:

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  1. A limited or established period of time that something is supposed to last, as a school or court session, tenure in public office, or a prison sentence.
  2. A point in time at which something ends; termination:
  3. The end of a normal gestation period:

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• span

  1. The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth.
  2. The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.
  3. The section between two intermediate supports of a bridge.

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  1. The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth.
  2. The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.
  3. The section between two intermediate supports of a bridge.

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• lifetime

  1. The period of time during which an individual is alive.
  2. The period of time during which property, an object, a process, or a phenomenon exists or functions.
  3. Continuing for a lifetime; lifelong.

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  1. The period of time during which an individual is alive.
  2. The period of time during which property, an object, a process, or a phenomenon exists or functions.
  3. Continuing for a lifetime; lifelong.

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• life

  1. The property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism.
  2. The characteristic state or condition of a living organism.
  3. Living organisms considered as a group:

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  1. The property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism.
  2. The characteristic state or condition of a living organism.
  3. Living organisms considered as a group:

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• existence

  1. The fact or state of existing; being.
  2. The fact or state of continued being; life:
  3. All that exists:

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  1. The fact or state of existing; being.
  2. The fact or state of continued being; life:
  3. All that exists:

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• day

  1. The period of light between dawn and nightfall; the interval from sunrise to sunset.
  2. The 24-hour period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis, traditionally measured from midnight to midnight.
  3. The period during which a celestial body makes a similar rotation.

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  1. The period of light between dawn and nightfall; the interval from sunrise to sunset.
  2. The 24-hour period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis, traditionally measured from midnight to midnight.
  3. The period during which a celestial body makes a similar rotation.

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