dis·crete

(dĭ-skrēt′)

adj.

1. Constituting a separate thing: Computers treat time as a series of discrete moments rather than a continuous flow. See Synonyms at distinct.

2. Consisting of unconnected distinct parts: society viewed as a discrete whole of individual agents.

3. Mathematics Defined for a finite or countable set of values; not continuous.

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

dis·crete′ly adv.

dis·crete′ness n.

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discretely

adverb

As a separate unit:

apart, independently, individually, separately, singly.

Idioms: one at a time, one by one.

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