A range, series or spectrum that gradually changes but does not have distinctly defined extremes. For example, the four basic parenting styles tend to fall on a continuum between those who are heavy on discipline and those who take a more child centered approach.
A powerful continuum of work can raise awareness and deeply affect its audience. But when you try to define stages of any kind of continuum—whether musical styles, life cycles, or human development—you’re doomed to imperfection.
Einstein theorized that gravity was a warping of the spacetime continuum, and his theory proved that past, present and future exist simultaneously in the same place and time. Similarly, a good run is not just a matter of whether you’re a slow-twitch or fast-twitch runner—it is a continuum between these two ends of the speed spectrum.
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