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discrete

adj
/dɪˈskɹiːt/

Etymology

From Old French discret, from Latin discrētus, past participle of discernō (“divide”), from dis- + cernō (“sift”). Doublet of discreet.

  1. derived from discrētus
  2. derived from discret

Definitions

  1. Separate

    Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.

    • a government with three discrete divisions
    • There are two laws discrete, / Not reconciled,— / Law for man, and law for thing; / The last builds town and fleet, / But it runs wild, / And doth the man unking.

  2. That can be perceived individually, not as connected to, or part of, something else.

  3. Consisting of or permitting only distinct values drawn from a finite, countable set.

    • a discrete sum
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and…

      Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and resistors, as opposed to integrated circuitry.

    2. Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or…

      Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound.

    3. Having each singleton subset open

      Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.

    4. Disjunctive

      Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause.

      • "I resign my life, but not my honour" is a discrete proposition.

    5. Obsolete form of discreet.

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Derived

bidiscrete, discrete binning, discrete category, discrete choice analysis, discrete component, discrete Fourier transform, discretely, discrete manufacturing, discrete math, discrete mathematics, discrete metric, discreteness, discrete picking, discrete random variable, discrete set, discrete time, discrete-time, discrete-time Markov chain, discrete-time signal, discrete topology, discrete valuation, discrete valuation ring, discrete variable, discrete wavelet transform, discretisation, discretize, nondiscrete, non-discrete, prodiscrete, pseudodiscrete, quasidiscrete, semidiscrete, ultradiscrete

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at discrete. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at discrete. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at discrete

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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