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noun the act of continuing an activity without interruption
noun a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
noun a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
originFrom Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation.
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