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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Continual \Con*tin"u*al\, a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See
     {Continue}.]
     1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous;
        unceasing; lasting; abiding.
  
              He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
                                                    --Prov. xv.
                                                    15.
  
     2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent;
        often repeated.
  
              The eye is deligh by a continental succession of
              small landscapes.                     --W. Irwing.
  
     {Continual proportionals} (Math.), quantities in continued
        proportion. --Brande & C.
  
     Syn: Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing;
          uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See
          {Constant}, and {Continuous}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  continual
       adj 1: seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what
              recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and
              closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the
              shutters" [ant: {sporadic}]
       2: `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used
          interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without
          interruption)

From eng-fra [engfra]:

  continual
  	[kəntinjeəl]
  	continuel, constant, invariable, permanent
  
  

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