Con*tin"u*al (?), a. [OE.
continuel, F. continuel. See Continue.]
1. Proceeding without interruption or
cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.
He that is of a merry heart hath a
continual feast.
Prov. xv. 15.
2. Occuring in steady and rapid
succession; very frequent; often repeated.
The eye is deligh by a continental
succession of small landscapes.
W. Irwing.
Continual proportionals (Math.),
quantities in continued proportion. Brande &
C.
Syn. -- Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing;
uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant,
and Continuous.