What's the difference between continuous and interminable?

Continuous


Definition:

  • (a.) Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity.
  • (a.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This trend appeared to reverse itself in the low dose animals after 3 hr, whereas in the high dose group, cardiac output continued to decline.
  • (2) An automated continuous flow sample cleanup system intended for rapid screening of foods for pesticide residues in fresh and processed vegetables has been developed.
  • (3) Injection of resistant mice with Salmonella typhimurium did not result in the induction of a population of macrophages that expressed I-A continuously.
  • (4) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
  • (5) It is followed by rapid neurobehavioral deterioration in late infancy or early childhood, a developmental arrest, plateauing, and then either a course of retarded development or continued deterioration.
  • (6) IgE-mediated acute systemic reactions to penicillin continue to be an important clinical problem.
  • (7) "The Samaras government has proved to be dangerous; it cannot continue handling the country's fate."
  • (8) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
  • (9) Here we show that this induction of AP-2 mRNA is at the level of transcription and is transient, reaching a peak 48-72 hr after the addition of RA and declining thereafter, even in the continuous presence of RA.
  • (10) At the heart of the payday loan profit bonanza is the "continuous payment authority" (CPA) agreement, which allows lenders to access customer bank accounts to retrieve funds.
  • (11) Of course the job is not done and we will continue to remain vigilant to all risks, particularly when the global economic situation is so uncertain,” the chancellor said in a statement.
  • (12) Arthrotomy with continuous irrigation appears to be more effective in decreasing long-term residual effects than arthrotomy alone.
  • (13) At the same time the duodenum can be isolated from the stomach and maintained under constant stimulus by a continual infusion at regulated pressure, volume and temperature into the distal cannula.
  • (14) As May delivered her statement in the chamber, police helicopters hovered overhead and a police cordon remained in place around Westminster, but MPs from across the political spectrum were determined to show that they were continuing with business as usual.
  • (15) Arterial oxyhaemoglobin saturation (SaO2) was monitored continuously during normal labour in 33 healthy parturients receiving pethidine and nitrous oxide for analgesia.
  • (16) Results in May 89 emphasizes: the relevance and urgency of the prevention of AIDS in secondary schools; the importance of the institutional aspect for the continuity of the project; the involvement of the pupils and the trainers for the processus; the feasibility of an intervention using only local resources.
  • (17) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
  • (18) These episodes continued for the duration of the suckling test and were enhanced when a second pup was placed on an adjacent nipple.
  • (19) Elongation of existing RNA primers by the human polymerase-primase was semi-processive; following primer binding the DNA polymerase continuously incorporated 20 to 50 nucleotides, then it dissociated from the template DNA.
  • (20) Definite tumor regression, improvement of some clinical symptoms, and continuous remission over 6 mo or more were observed in six, nine, and three patients, respectively.

Interminable


Definition:

  • (a.) Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And she had a very good point, because Twine is interminable.
  • (2) Re-examining Sigmund Freud's 'Analysis terminable and interminable' (1937) from the perspective of child analysis highlights the importance of developmental assessment and developmental forces in psychoanalysis.
  • (3) Those innocuous phrases often mask a world of private pain: tearful interviews, angry confrontations, threats of violence, shocking revelations and interminable waiting, waiting, waiting.
  • (4) But financial constraints were arduous and interminable, and he declined the invitation to renew his contract.
  • (5) For one last time, the two candidates came on stage together after weeks of facing off at what often felt like interminable hustings.
  • (6) ET 10 min: Am I the only person who found Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy interminably dull?
  • (7) A botched attempt to bully Rosie Webster into testifying at Fiz's interminable trial led to a thrilling car chase, which involved a displaced traffic cone and speeds of up to 30mph.
  • (8) Oscar planners have sought to shorten the sometimes interminably long show and have tried new ways to present awards in the hope of livening things up.
  • (9) This, my friends, is what it's really like to be a film journalist: the sweaty people carrier, the surly heavies, the interminable sitting around....
  • (10) On the one hand an interminable mud-slinging saga featuring at its centre a scarcely credible pair.
  • (11) But, despite interminable legal proceedings, their efforts have so far come to nothing, partly because studies commissioned by the UK government have concluded that a resettlement programme on what is officially known as the British Indian Ocean Territory was just not feasible.
  • (12) The debate over regional anesthesia and general anesthesia with respect to relative risk in different classes of patients will probably be interminable until studies addressing the issue begin to specify the treatment protocols more carefully and to control as many variables as possible.
  • (13) Radiohead's interminable promotion of their patchy debut, Pablo Honey, would have tried anyone's patience.
  • (14) At first we all thought it was a reaction to the near-fatal road accident of his younger daughter Kate - he and Mari had watched over her as she lay in what seemed an interminable coma.
  • (15) The updates on the Kickstarter page are a catalogue of little disasters and triumphs: broken moulds, patchy GPS reception, interminable Chinese holidays and, finally, huge stacks of boxes ready to ship.
  • (16) The question is raised as to whether the analysis of the generation of sound by a laser beam moving over a water surface at the sound speed c for an interminable time period requires consideration of nonlinear effects.
  • (17) The committee said successive federation chairmen have become "enmired in interminable internecine power-struggles that would not have been out of place in a medieval court".
  • (18) It certainly seemed that way, and it was gardening, after all, that got him through those seemingly interminable years on Robben Island.
  • (19) There was no statistically significant difference between the ICD users and nonusers as stratified by SAECG classification regardless of whether or not the interminate studies were included or excluded from the analysis.
  • (20) Freud pondered the nature of termination as well as incomplete, completed, periodic, and interminable analysis.