Discrete /(?)/

Dis·crete

Discrete

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

Phrases & Compounds
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.

Discrete

v. t.
  1. To separate. [Obs.]