discrete

Word family

di·screte /dɪˈskriːt/ AWL adjectiveadj → discreet

SEPARATEclearly separate 分开的，分离的，离散的

The change happens in a series of discrete steps.

这个变化在一系列分离的步骤中发生。

—discretely adverbadv

—discreteness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

discrete• This stores the interconnection weights between arrays of discrete emitters and detectors.• The nation was thus both a discrete political and economic concept.• Each simply provides a discrete service.• The developing insect passes through several discrete stages.• We can privatize discrete steering functions, but not the overall process of governance.• The situation is different for native speakers of the language who automatically perceive the speech as being chopped up into discrete units.• The particles themselves remain separate and discrete when it comes to being passed on to the next generation.

Origin discrete

(1300-1400) Latin discretus; → DISCREET

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Corpus

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9082 COCA: 9847

discrete

Separate and not related: separate, unconnected, unrelated...