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Another word for discrete

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Adjective

  1. Distinguished from others by nature or qualities

      1. Not the same; separate; individual
      2. Not alike; different
      3. Readily distinguishable from all others; discrete:
      1. Existing or considered as an independent entity:
      2. Not associated or connected with others; having existence as an entity; distinct; individual
      3. Dissimilar from all others; distinct or individual:
      1. More than one but fewer than many (said of persons, places, or things); separate or distinct, but not requisitely independent (said of liability); various or differing (said of things). See also joint and several liability. More than one but fewer than many (said of persons, places, or things); separate or distinct, but not requisitely independent (said of liability); various or differing (said of things). See also joint and several liability.
      2. Being of a number more than two or three but not many:
      3. Respectively different; various:
      1. Unlike; different:
      2. Being more than one; several:
      3. Several or many
    See also:

    same

  2. Being or related to a distinct entity

      1. Of or relating to an individual, especially a single human:
      2. Existing as a distinct entity; separate:
      3. Existing as a single, separate thing or being; single; separate; particular
      1. Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal:
      2. Distinctive among others of the same group, category, or nature; noteworthy or exceptional:
      3. Of or belonging to a single, definite person, part, group, or thing; not general; distinct
      1. Existing or considered as an independent entity:
      2. Thought of or regarded as having individual form or function
      3. Not associated or connected with others; having existence as an entity; distinct; individual
      1. Consisting of one part, aspect, or section:
      2. Separate from others; individual and distinct:
      3. Honest; undisguised:
      1. (Logic) Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.
      2. (Grammar) Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.
      3. (Archaic) Existing apart from others; separate; individual
    See also:

    include

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Sentence Examples

  • I strolled a discrete distance from her side as we entered the gardens.

  • Kinetics of a system of discrete particles.

  • When we pass from the consideration of discrete particles to that of continuous distributions of matter, we require some physical postulate over and above what is contained in the Laws of Motion, in their original formulation.

  • It would seem that "the general theory of discrete and continuous quantity" is the exact description of the topics of these sciences.

  • It has been usual to define mathematics as "the science of discrete and continuous magnitude."

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