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Definition of Law of continuation
1. Noun. A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction.
Generic synonyms: Gestalt Law Of Organization, Gestalt Principle Of Organization
Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of Continuation
Literary usage of Law of continuation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Euclid's Elements of Geometry: From the Latin Translation of Commandine, to by John Keill (1782)
"6.6 8.8 10.10 12.12 where the Law of Continuation is evident alfo, fince each
Capital Letter is equal to its precedent ..."
2. A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of by Charles Hutton (1815)
"... c« 13с" v ч ' 2а 2.40 1.4'ЬО. the law of continuation is evident. Sec EXTRACTION
of Roots, and BINOMIAL Theorem. From the specimens above given, ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1786)
"... law of continuation continues the fam?, while they diverge to a certain number
of terms and afterwards converge, ..."
4. Ray's Algebra, Part Second: An Analytical Treatise, Designed for High by Joseph Ray (1857)
"After finding a few terms of the series, the law of continuation is, in general,
easily seen, and the succeeding terms may be found without continuing the ..."
5. The Doctrine and Application of Fluxions: Containing (besides what is Common by Thomas Simpson (1823)
"Let the Quantity given be -= - — A. ~"™~ X ^~ JC~ Then the quotient will be 9x5
+ 142'6 &c. where the law of continuation is manifest ; being ..."
6. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and by William Nicholson (1821)
"... which, be- ing divided l,y the same divisor, a + c, cn + l gives — r — -, --
for the supplement as a" + 1 (a + c) above " The Law of Continuation. ..."
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