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   Discrete (?), a. [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.]
   1. Separate; distinct; disjunct.  Sir M. Hale.
   
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   2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, ““I resign my life, but not my honor,” is a discrete proposition”.
   
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   3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.
   
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   Discrete movement. See Concrete movement of the voice, under Concrete, a. -- Discrete proportion, proportion where the ratio of the means is different from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to continued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24. -- Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.
   
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   Discrete, v. t. To separate. [Obs.]  Sir T. Browne.
   
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