Discrete

Pronunciation: /dĭ-skrēt′/

Adjective

1. Constituting a separate thing.
   Example: "Computers treat time as a series of discrete moments rather than a continuous flow."
2. Consisting of unconnected distinct parts.
   Example: "Society viewed as a discrete whole of individual agents."
3. Defined for a finite or countable set of values; not continuous.
4. Separate; distinct; disjunct.
5. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause.
   Example: "“I resign my life, but not my honor,” is a discrete proposition."
6. Separate; not coalescent (said of things usually coalescent).
7. Proportion where the ratio of the means is different from that of either couplet.
   Example: As in 3:6::8:16, where 3 bears the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16, but 3 is not to 6 as 6 is to 8. This is opposed to continued proportion (e.g., 3:6::12:24).

Transitive Verb

1. To separate.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik

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