discrete
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
consisting of or characterized by distinct or individual parts; discontinuous.
Mathematics.
(of a topology or topological space) having the property that every subset is an open set.
defined only for an isolated set of points: a discrete variable.
using only arithmetic and algebra; not involving calculus: discrete methods.
Origin of discrete
1Other words for discrete
Other words from discrete
- dis·crete·ly, adverb
- dis·crete·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with discrete
- discreet, discrete
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How to use discrete in a sentence
They worked on a range of topics within discrete mathematics like graph theory, probability and the properties of random matrices.
Undergraduate Math Student Pushes Frontier of Graph Theory | Kevin Hartnett | November 30, 2020 | Quanta MagazineI don’t know that Alice Is Missing is infinitely replayable, but I’ve played three times now, and each time the handful of discrete elements have combined in new ways to create very different games.
One Good Thing: An amazing game played entirely via text message | Emily VanDerWerff | November 30, 2020 | VoxIt has “stuff” at all scales, whether in discrete objects and phenomena or in structures spanning multiple scales.
Girardeau sees a possible connection to post-traumatic stress disorder, which is typically linked to discrete events.
How border walls trick the human brain and psyche | Jessica Wapner | October 2, 2020 | Popular-ScienceShe found that by activating a neuron and then identifying the other parts of the brain that responded to the signal the neuron gave out, she could trace the discrete circuits of cells that work together to perform specific functions.
Why do you feel lonely? Neuroscience is starting to find answers. | Amy Nordrum | September 4, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Organisation involves distinction of parts, and therefore discreteness.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp Smith
British Dictionary definitions for discrete
/ (dɪsˈkriːt) /
separate or distinct in form or concept
consisting of distinct or separate parts
statistics
(of a variable) having consecutive values that are not infinitesimally close, so that its analysis requires summation rather than integration
(of a distribution) relating to a discrete variable: Compare continuous (def. 4)
Origin of discrete
1confusable For discrete
Derived forms of discrete
- discretely, adverb
- discreteness, noun
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