Definition of Discrite
Dis*crete" (?), a. [L.
discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.]
1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir
M. Hale.
2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or
discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a
discrete proposition.
3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; --
said of things usually coalescent.
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.
Dis*crete", v. t. To
separate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Separate; distinct; individual.
- Something that can be perceived individually and not as connected to, or part of something else.
- (electrical engineering): Having separate electronic components, such as individual resistors and inductors — the opposite of integrated circuitry.
- (audio engineering): Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadrophonic, or other multi-channel sound.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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