Discrete1. (a.) Separate; individually distinct; disjunct.
2. (a.) Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, I resign my life, but not my honor, is a discrete proposition.
3. (a.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.
4. (v. t.) To separate.
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