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- Dictionarydiscrete/dɪˈskriːt/
adjective
- 1. individually separate and distinct: "speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather than discrete units"
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The meaning of DISCRETE is constituting a separate entity : individually distinct. How to use discrete in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Discrete.
clearly separate or different in shape or form: These small companies now have their own discrete identity. Synonyms. independent. separate. Note: Do not confuse with discreet. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Separateness and isolation in space. apartheid. atomistic. atomized. bitty. freely. gappy.
Discrete definition: apart or detached from others; separate; distinct. See examples of DISCRETE used in a sentence.
clearly separate or different in shape or form: These small companies now have their own discrete identity. Synonyms. independent. separate. Note: Do not confuse with discreet. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Separateness and isolation in space. apartheid. atomistic. atomized. bitty. freely. gappy.
Discrete means separate or divided. A discrete unit is a separate part of something larger. A room is a discrete space within a house, just as the crankshaft is a discrete part of a car engine.
1. separate or distinct in form or concept. 2. consisting of distinct or separate parts. 3. statistics. a. (of a variable) having consecutive values that are not infinitesimally close, so that its analysis requires summation rather than integration. b. (of a distribution) relating to a discrete variable.
adj. 1. Constituting a separate thing: Computers treat time as a series of discrete moments rather than a continuous flow. See Synonyms at distinct. 2. Consisting of unconnected distinct parts: society viewed as a discrete whole of individual agents. 3. Mathematics Defined for a finite or countable set of values; not continuous.
