discrete Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite constituting a separate entity or part
    distinct.
    • a government with three discrete divisions
    • on two distinct occasions

WordNet

Dis*crete" adjective
Etymology
L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.
Definitions
  1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale.
  2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition.
  3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.
Dis*crete" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To separate. Obs. Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1913