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mental health

a state of mind characterized by emotional well-being, good behavioral adjustment, relative freedom from anxiety and disabling symptoms, and a capacity to establish constructive relationships and cope with the ordinary demands and stresses of life. See also flourishing; normality.

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continuous

continuous

adj. describing a variable, score, or distribution that can take on any numerical values within its range. Compare discontinuous; discrete. See also continuous variable.