Discrete

Adjective

 * 1) Separate; distinct; individual; Non-continuous.
 * 2) Something that can be perceived individually and not as connected to, or part of something else.
 * 3)  Having separate electronic components, such as individual resistors and inductors — the opposite of integrated circuitry.
 * 4)  Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound.
 * 5)  Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.

Derived terms

 * discrete variable
 * discreteness

Antonyms

 * continuous
 * integrated
 * multiplexed

Thesaurus
alien, aloof, apart, assorted, asunder, at odds, at variance, bipartite, broadcast, broken, broken off, chopped-off, choppy, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, decousu, departing, detached, deviating, deviative, dichotomous, different, differentiated, differing, diffuse, disaccordant, disagreeing, disconnected, discontinued, discontinuous, discordant, discrepant, discriminated, disjoined, disjunct, disjunctive, disparate, dispersed, dispread, disrelated, disseminated, dissimilar, dissipated, dissociated, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, distributed, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, episodic, exotic, extraneous, fitful, foreign, gapped, herky-jerky, heterogeneous, in disagreement, in two, inaccordant, incoherent, incommensurable, incomparable, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, independent, individual, inharmonious, insular, intermittent, interrupted, irreconcilable, irregular, irrelative, isolated, jagged, jerky, many, motley, multifarious, nonadherent, nonadhesive, noncoherent, noncohesive, noncontinuous, nonlinear, nonsequential, nonserial, nonuniform, open, other, outlandish, parenthetic, partitioned, patchy, poles apart, poles asunder, removed, scattered, scrappy, segregate, separate, separated, several, snatchy, sparse, spasmodic, sporadic, spotty, spread, straggling, straggly, strange, strewn, strown, suspended, tenuous, unadhesive, unaffiliated, unallied, unassociated, unattached, unattended, uncoherent, uncohesive, unconformable, unconnected, unequal, unjoined, unlike, unrelatable, unrelated, unsuccessive, untenacious, variant, varied, variegated, various, varying, widely apart, widespread, worlds apart

Etymology
From discret:, from  discretus:, from past participle of discernere:.

Pronunciation

 * (avoiding attention)
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Translations

 * Bulgarian: отделен
 * French: ,
 * Greek:


 * Italian: ,
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Anagrams

 * discreet

Adjective

 * 1) Feminine plural form of discreto

Anagrams

 * credesti

Noun

 * 1) indefinite feminine plural nominative/accusative form of discret
 * 2) indefinite neuter plural nominative/accusative form of discret