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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. constituting a separate entity or part;
- Example: "a government with three discrete divisions"
- Example: "on two distinct occasions"
[syn: discrete, distinct]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Discrete \Dis*crete"\, a. [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.] 1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Discrete \Dis*crete"\, v. t. To separate. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

discrete adj 1: constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions" [syn: discrete, distinct]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

discrete A description of a quantity whose value is one of a fixed set of values, as opposed to a continuous - a value capable of infinitessimal variation. For example, integers are discrete values whereas real numbers are continuous; digital sound has discrete amplitude leves whereas analog sound is continuous. (2009-10-08)