1. The act of continuing an activity without interruption
   "The continuation of the project despite setbacks showed their determination";
   - continuance
    
2. An extended or additional duration
   "The continuation of the meeting tried everyone's patience";
   - prolongation, protraction
    
3. A part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
   "The author wrote a continuation to her bestselling novel";
   - sequel
    
4. A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
   "The law of continuation explains why we see a circle in a dotted line arrangement";
   - good continuation, law of continuation

Derived forms: continuations

Type of: activity, addendum, duration, Gestalt law of organisation [Brit], Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organisation [Brit], Gestalt principle of organization, length, postscript, supplement

Antonym: discontinuation

Encyclopedia: Continuation