discrete
pronunciation
How to pronounce discrete in British English:
UK [dɪˈskriːt]
How to pronounce discrete in American English:
US [dɪˈskriːt]
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- Adjective:
- constituting a separate entity or part
Word Origin
- discrete (adj.)
- late 14c., see discreet. Related: Discretely.
Example
- 1. These observations most obviously apply to what we have called discrete rather than continuous content businesses .
- 2. Moreover , this spending will create only discrete projects , not ongoing businesses that generate jobs and profits .
- 3. But hal was a discrete entity , a genie in a bottle , something we imagined owning or being assigned .
- 4. It may be that the unique imbrication of olfactory data with emotion is somehow entirely discrete on some dimensions from visual or auditory processes .
- 5. They consist of a series of encounters in which the discrete worlds incarnated in these highly diverse characters start colliding and breaking each other open .