discrete

[Dis*crete·]

Discrete means separate or divided. A discrete unit is a separate part of something larger. A room is a discrete space within a house, just as the crankshaft is a discrete part of a car engine.

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Separate; distinct; disjunct.

Adjective S.
constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"


a.
Separate; distinct; disjunct.

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

a.
Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.

v. t.
To separate.


Discrete

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.

Discrete

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

Separate; distinct; disjunct.

To separate.

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