discrete, distinct
(adjective) constituting a separate entity or part; “a government with three discrete divisions”; “on two distinct occasions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
discrete (comparative more discrete, superlative most discrete)
Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.
That can be perceived individually and not as connected to, or part of something else.
(electrical engineering) Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and resisters, as opposed to integrated circuitry.
(audio engineering) Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound.
(topology) Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.
Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause.
• Although cognate and identical in the Middle English period, the term has become distinct from discreet.
• continuous
• (electrical engineering): integrated
• (audio engineering): multiplexed
• desertic, discreet
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*crete", a. Etym: [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.]
1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale.
2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent. Discrete movement. See Concrete movement of the voice, under Concrete, a.
– Discrete proportion, proportion where the ratio of the means is different from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to continued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24.
– Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.
Dis*crete", v. t.
Definition: To separate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
