The gender gap in earnings has decreased substantially since 1980. From 1980 to 1994, the ratio increased from 0.6 to 0.74, although the ratio has stagnated since 1994. Thus, in the fourteen years from 1980 to 1994, 35 percent of the preexisting gender gap in pay was eliminated. Moreover, these annual earnings data overstate the size of the gender gap because women who work full time actually work about 10 percent fewer hours than do men.
continuity of operations. Also found in: Acronyms, Wikipedia. continuity of operations. The degree or state of being continuous in the conduct of functions, tasks, or duties necessary to accomplish a military action or mission in carrying out the national military strategy.
Continuity and Limits. Continuity. Continuity can be defined conceptually in a few different ways. A function is continuous, for example, if its graph can be traced with a pen without lifting the pen from the page. A function is continuous if its graph is an unbroken curve; that is, the graph has no holes, gaps, or breaks. But terms like unbroken curve and gaps aren't technical mathematical terms and at best, only provide a reader with a description of continuity, not a definition.