continuant
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continuant (plural continuants)
- (phonetics) A linguistic sound other than a stop.
- Coordinate term: sonorant
- (mathematics) A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.
- 2007 July 18, Thomas Sattig, “Identity in 4D”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, :
- As a further point of clarification, notice that (C0) does not characterize a criterion for determining whether a continuant x of kind K that exists at t 1 is identical to a continuant y of kind K that exists at t 2 .
- (ontology) An endurant.
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linguistics: a linguistic sound other than a stop
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continuant (comparative more continuant, superlative most continuant)
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continuing, prolonged, sustained
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