a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt

Plural form of topic, That branch of logic or rhetoric which treats of topics in the sense of topic, n, The most general, fundamental, and naturally elementary branch of geometry, which neither considers lengths, areas, or volumes in their character of being measurable, nor distinguishes straight from curved or crooked lines, nor plane from curved or bent surfaces, but studies only the manner in which the parts of places are continuously connected

Simple past tense and past participle of sustain, adjective_ held continuously at a certain level, maintained at length without interruption or weakening, Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform

A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river, A trend, course, or drift, as of opinion, thought, or history, A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water, intransitive verb_ Computers To transmit (audio or video content), especially over the Internet, in small, sequential packets that permit the content to be played continuously as it is being received and without saving it to a hard disk, To leave a continuous trail of light, To move or arrive in large numbers; pour

Extending continuously in the same direction without curving, Sports Of or relating to a midair position in diving or gymnastics in which the body is held rigid without bending at the hips or knees and the feet are kept together, Following a direct or correct method or approach; systematic, adverb_ Without detour or delay, In an honest, law-abiding, or virtuous manner, Without ice, water, or a mixer, noun_ The straight part, as of a road, A conventional person, especially one considered a member of established society, A heterosexual person

Of definite shape and volume; not liquid or gaseous, Being the same substance or color throughout, Written without a hyphen or space. For example, the word software is a solid compound, adverb_ Without a break or opening; completely or continuously, As a whole; unanimously, noun_ A substance having a definite shape and volume; one that is neither liquid nor gaseous, A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid, plural In printing, the parts of an engraving which show black or solid in print

From then until now or between then and now, From a specified time in the past, n the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago, preposition_ Continuously from, Intermittently from, From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the object, conjunction_ Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that, from the time that, because

A receiver that continuously broadcasts signals it detects from specified radio frequencies, A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium, someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables

Something that bears an analogy to something else; something that is comparable, adjective_ of a device or system in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuously variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial), of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

Over the length of, On a line or course parallel and close to; continuously beside, adverb_ By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise, In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward