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discrete
adjective
[ dɪˈskriːt ]
• individually separate and distinct.
• "speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather than discrete units"
Similar:
separate
,
distinct
,
individual
,
detached
,
unattached
,
disconnected
,
discontinuous
,
disjunct
, disjoined,
Opposite:
connected
,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin discretus ‘separate’; compare with discreet.