Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Continuo \Con*ti"nu*o\ (? or ?), n. [It.] (Mus.)
   Basso continuo, or continued bass.

Source : WordNet®

continuo
     n : a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers
         to indicate the chords to be played [syn: {figured bass},
          {basso continuo}, {thorough bass}]