What is "continual proportionals"

Continual \Con*tin"u*al\, a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See Continue.]

1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.

   He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
   --Prov. xv. 15.

2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.

   The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes.
   --W. Irwing.

   Continual proportionals (Math.), quantities in continued proportion.
   --Brande & C.

   Syn: Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous.