discrete
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- constituting a separate entity or part
- "a government with three discrete divisions"
Adj
- Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.
- That can be perceived individually, not as connected to, or part of, something else.
- Consisting of or permitting only distinct values drawn from a finite, countable set.
- Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and resistors, as opposed to integrated circuitry.
- Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound.
- Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.
- Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause.
- Obsolete form of discreet.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French discret, from Latin discrētus, past participle of discernō (“divide”), from dis- + cernō (“sift”). Doublet of discreet.
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Scrabble Score: 11
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