Usually means: Separate, distinct, individually separate and unconnected.
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We found 44 dictionaries that define the word discrete:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. discrete: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. discrete: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. discrete: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. discrete: Collins English Dictionary
  5. discrete: Vocabulary.com
  6. Discrete, discrete: Wordnik
  7. discrete: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. discrete: Wiktionary
  9. discrete: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. discrete: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. discrete: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. discrete: Dictionary.com
  13. discrete: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. discrete: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Discrete (disambiguation), Discrete: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Discrete: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. discrete: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. discrete: Rhymezone
  19. discrete: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. discrete: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. discrete: Free Dictionary
  22. discrete: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. discrete: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. discrete: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. discrete: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. discrete: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Webopedia (No longer online)
  3. discrete: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. discrete: Sound Alike Words
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. discrete: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)
  4. discrete: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. discrete: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  2. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See discretely as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.
adjective:  That can be perceived individually, not as connected to, or part of, something else.
adjective:  (mathematics) Consisting of or permitting only distinct values drawn from a finite, countable set.
adjective:  (electrical engineering) Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and resistors, as opposed to integrated circuitry.
adjective:  (audio engineering) Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound.
adjective:  (topology) Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.
adjective:  Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause.
adjective:  Obsolete form of discreet. [Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic.]

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