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Property of being continuous.

(1) A term used in trouble-shooting electrical circuitry. Continuity implies continuous electrical circuitry through connections. Broken wires, corroded contacts, cold solder joints, poor contacts all can impair continuity.

(2) In geology, continuity implies a continuous property or pattern relating to rock type, beds, formations, or sedimentation.

(3) In reference to immiscible fluids in rock, continuity might refer to the condition of the nonwetting phase when droplets or insular globules of the nonwetting phase become connected to form a continuous web throughout the pores of the rock.

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