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Synonyms for discrete
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-skreet |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskrit |
Définition of discrete
Origin :- late 14c., see discreet. Related: Discretely.
- adj individual
- 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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