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Discrete Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Discrete? [adj] constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Discrete: distinct \| separate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Discrete: alien \| aloof \| apart \| assorted \| asunder \| at odds \| at variance \| bipartite \| broadcast \| broken \| broken off \| chopped-off \| choppy \| contrary \| contrasted \| contrasting \| decousu \| departing \| detached \| deviating \| deviative \| dichotomous \| different \| differentiated \| differing \| diffuse \| disaccordant \| disagreeing \| disconnected \| discontinued \| discontinuous \| discordant \| discrepant \| discriminated \| disjoined \| disjunct \| disjunctive \| disparate \| dispersed \| dispread \| disrelated \| disseminated \| dissimilar \| dissipated \| dissociated \| dissonant \| distinct \| distinguished \| distributed \| divergent \| diverging \| divers \| diverse \| diversified \| episodic \| exotic \| extraneous \| fitful \| foreign \| gapped \| herky-jerky \| heterogeneous \| in disagreement \| in two \| inaccordant \| incoherent \| incommensurable \| incomparable \| incompatible \| incongruous \| inconsistent \| inconsonant \| independent \| individual \| inharmonious \| insular \| intermittent \| interrupted \| irreconcilable \| irregular \| irrelative \| isolated \| jagged \| jerky \| many \| motley \| multifarious \| nonadherent \| nonadhesive \| noncoherent \| noncohesive \| noncontinuous \| nonlinear \| nonsequential \| nonserial \| nonuniform \| open \| other \| outlandish \| parenthetic \| partitioned \| patchy \| poles apart \| poles asunder \| removed \| scattered \| scrappy \| segregate \| separate \| separated \| several \| snatchy \| sparse \| spasmodic \| sporadic \| spotty \| spread \| straggling \| straggly \| strange \| strewn \| strown \| suspended \| tenuous \| unadhesive \| unaffiliated \| unallied \| unassociated \| unattached \| unattended \| uncoherent \| uncohesive \| unconformable \| unconnected \| unequal \| unjoined \| unlike \| unrelatable \| unrelated \| unsuccessive \| untenacious \| variant \| varied \| variegated \| various \| varying \| widely apart \| widespread \| worlds apart See Also \| Discrete In Webster's Dictionary \Discrete"\, a. [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See {Discreet}.] 1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. --Sir M. Hale. 2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, ``I resign my life, but not my honor,'' is a discrete proposition. 3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent. {Discrete movement}. See {Concrete movement of the voice}, under {Concrete}, a. {Discrete proportion}, proportion where the ratio of the means is different from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to continued or {continual proportion}; as, 3:6::12:24. {Discrete quantity}, that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to {continued quantity}, as duration, or extension. \Discrete"\, v. t. To separate. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

Discrete Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Discrete?

[adj] constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Discrete: distinct | separate

See Also |

Discrete In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*crete"\, a. [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere.
See {Discreet}.]
1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. --Sir M. Hale.

2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive
   clause; as, ``I resign my life, but not my honor,'' is a
   discrete proposition.

3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually
   coalescent.

{Discrete movement}. See {Concrete movement of the voice},
   under {Concrete}, a.

{Discrete proportion}, proportion where the ratio of the
   means is different from that of either couplet; as,
   3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to
   16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to
   continued or {continual proportion}; as, 3:6::12:24.

{Discrete quantity}, that which must be divided into units,
   as number, and is opposed to {continued quantity}, as
   duration, or extension.


\Dis*crete"\, v. t.
To separate. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

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