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Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-skreet
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskrit



Définition of discrete

Origin :
  • late 14c., see discreet. Related: Discretely.
  • adj individual
Example sentences :
  • Moreover, it is a discrete quantity for its parts have no common boundary.
  • Extract from : « The Categories » by Aristotle
  • It replaces the world of the continuum by a world of discrete states.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • As to number (which is discrete quantity), it is something posterior.
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • The manor of the eastern counties is a discrete, a dissipated thing.
  • Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland
  • What discrete succession of images did Stephen meanwhile perceive?
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • Also because I had never known any one named Harold and it seemed only discrete.
  • Extract from : « Bab: A Sub-Deb » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The ideas, which were in place of verbal expressions were discrete from each other, but in a very small degree.
  • Extract from : « Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, and Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabitants, And The Spirits And Angels There » by Emanuel Swedenborg
  • Substances are of kinds, and kinds are definite in number, and discrete.
  • Extract from : « Pragmatism » by William James
  • We do not know its nature exactly, but it is an actual substance, and is composed of discrete particles of the fourth order.
  • Extract from : « Skylark Three » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Aphthous stomatitis may be either idiopathic or symptomatic, discrete or confluent.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

Antonyms for discrete

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