CONTINUAL PROPORTION
\kəntˈɪnjuːə͡l pɹəpˈɔːʃən], \kəntˈɪnjuːəl pɹəpˈɔːʃən], \k_ə_n_t_ˈɪ_n_j_uː_əl p_ɹ_ə_p_ˈɔː_ʃ_ə_n]\
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If there are any magnitudes such that the first bears to the second the same ratio that the second bears to the third, and the second to the third the same ratio that the third bears to the fourth, and so on, the magnitudes are said to be in a Continual or Continued P.
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.