discrete

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It's little discrete -- that's spelled D-I-S-C-R-E-T-E -- bits.

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  1. adjective Constituting a separate thing. See Synonyms at distinct.
  2. adjective Consisting of unconnected distinct parts.
  3. adjective Mathematics Defined for a finite or countable set of values; not continuous.

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  • It's little discrete -- that's spelled D-I-S-C-R-E-T-E -- bits. —  Erin McKean redefines the dictionary
  • As the court acknowledged during the Proposition 8 hearing, it has never before confronted the issue of whether the deprivation of a fundamental right -- especially when the deprivation affects only the members of a suspect class (that is, a discrete, insular group that has long suffered discrimination) -- would also require the greater procedural requirements necessary for a revision. —  FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles
  • I was treating the eye as a discrete organ apart from any connecting structures, and apart from comparison to any other type of eye. —  California Literary Review
  • They don't want you to know that discrete is about one third of the market, the two thirds without is utterly ruled by Intel and ATI. —  Atomic
  • Aesthetically, the PX 100 is not incredibly "discrete." —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin discrētus, past participle of discernere, to separate; see discern.

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  1. Same as discreet, but directly from Latin discretus, distinguished, separated, past participle of discernere, distinguish, separate: see discern and discreet.
  2. from Latin discretus, past participle of discernere, distinguish: see discrete, a., and discern.
 

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