continuant

The attacks are continuant with other recent strikes on predominantly Shiite areas of the Iraqi capital.

The theory of continuants is due in the first place to Euler.

Again, some consonants are shorter by nature than others: the explosives, p, t, k, etc., than the continuants s, z, th, f, m, n, l, etc.

A series of tones executed on continuant consonants, like m, z, or l, gives the effect of humming, droning, or buzzing.