01 a. Separate; distinct; disjunct.
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Separate; distinct; disjunct.
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Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, “I resign my life, but not my honor,” is a discrete proposition.
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Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.(Bot.)
Phrases & compounds
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.