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Discrete(medicine)
discrete(2)(dictionary)
discrete(1)(dictionary)
Discrete variable(finance)
Discrete compounding(finance)
Discrete variable(money)
Discrete compounding(money)
Discrete Data(money)
discrete variable(medicine)

discrete(2) (iou)



discrete adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin discretus: see DISCREET.]
A. adjective.
Separate, detached from others; individually distinct; not continuous or coalescent. LME.
W. J. Ong If we wish to take each poem individually as a discrete object existing in its own right. V. Glendinning The Anglo-Irish do not even constitute a discrete nationality.
Consisting of or pertaining to distinct or individual parts; (of a magnitude or quantity) not continuously variable, taking only certain values. L16.
H. Hallam Dealing with continuous or geometrical, not merely with discrete or arithmetical quantity. H. M. Rosenberg The energy of the particle can only have certain special discrete values.
Grammar & Logic. Of a conjunction: adversative. Of a proposition: disjunctive. E-M17.
Not concrete or material, abstract. M19.
b. noun. A separate part or item. L19.
discretely adverb E18.
discreteness noun M19.