discrete
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6.1
- adjective
- /dɪsˈkriːt/
:
separado
- I would say there are two kinds, discrete and continuous.
- discrete trial
- discrete skills
- discrete categories
They're holding you in position as a discrete object.
- They're holding you in position as a discrete object.
- It's just a line of of discrete cells.
- But it's amazing that that discrete things exist.
Examples
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There are hundreds of discrete elements in FEA, but new elements crop up regularly.
Academic text (2011) -
The two samples represent discrete categories in the study of animal behavior.
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The discovery of the first discrete radio source beyond the Sun was an accident.
Academic text (1991) -
The field of dance education has evolved into a discrete discipline within the past fifteen years.
Academic text (1999) -
Digital signals are made-up of discrete zeros and ones.
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The software organizes data into discrete sections for easier analysis.
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Each team member is responsible for discrete tasks that contribute to the project's success.
Synonyms
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2.1
Not joined to another thing and kept apart
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3.5
Clearly different from others
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4.5
Happening rarely and not close to other events
Made of separate parts that do not touch each other
Found in separate areas as groups that are not connected
Happening only in separate steps or fixed levels
Antonyms
How Separate
Surface Forms
Morphology
discrete = dis + crete
Although the surface shows the familiar prefix 'dis-', the remaining form 'crete' is not a productive or standalone English base, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from the apparent parts.
Etymology
Discrete comes from the Latin discretus, made from dis- meaning 'apart' and a root meaning 'separate', so it originally meant 'separated'. That's why something described as discrete stands alone and is not connected to other things, just like the word separate.