English Explanatory Dictionary

discrete

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.
  2. That can be perceived individually, not as connected to, or part of, something else.
  3. Consisting of or permitting only distinct values drawn from a finite, countable set.
  4. Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and resistors, as opposed to integrated circuitry.
  5. Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound.
  6. Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.
  7. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause.
adj
  1. Obsolete form of discreet.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈskɹiːt/ en-us-discrete.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-discrete.wav

Word forms

discrete more discrete most discrete discreter discretest

Etymology

From Old French discret, from Latin discrētus, past participle of discernō (“divide”), from dis- + cernō (“sift”). Doublet of discreet.

Antonyms

continuous integrated multiplexed

Derived words

bidiscrete discrete binning discrete category discrete choice analysis discrete component discrete Fourier transform discretely discrete manufacturing discrete math discrete mathematics discrete metric discreteness discrete picking discrete random variable discrete set discrete time discrete-time discrete-time Markov chain discrete-time signal discrete topology discrete valuation discrete valuation ring discrete variable discrete wavelet transform discretisation discretize nondiscrete non-discrete prodiscrete pseudodiscrete quasidiscrete semidiscrete ultradiscrete
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