| continuous variable |
A quantitative variable that can assume any value within a range.
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| contour |
Generally, an outline or configuration of a body or surface. Often, the term is used for one of a set of lines (contour lines) drawn to represent the configuration of a surface; this is the case in meteorology, where a contour usually refers to a contour line of constant height on a constant-pressure surface. Sometimes, the term is more loosely used in the general sense of an isopleth. Compare profile.
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| continuous spectrum |
A spectrum in which wavelengths (and wavenumbers and frequencies) are represented by the continuum of real numbers (or a portion thereof) rather than by a discrete sequence of numbers. A continuous function on an infinite interval, even though the function is nonzero over only a finite interval, must be represented by the Fourier transform rather than by Fourier series, and the resulting spectrum will be continuous. See also discrete spectrum.
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| contaminant |
Any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance not normally present or found at unusually high concentrations in water or soil.
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| contaminate |
Introduce or increase the concentration of any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance in the water or soil.
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