discrete /dɪˈskɹiːt/ adjective7 •Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.There are two laws discrete, / Not reconciled,— / Law for man, and law for thing; / The last builds town and fleet, / But it runs wild, / And doth the man unking. — 1856 •That can be perceived individually, not as connected to, or part of, something else. •Consisting of or permitting only distinct values drawn from a finite, countable set. •Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and resistors, as opposed to integrated circuitry. •Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound. •Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology. •Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause."I resign my life, but not my honour" is a discrete proposition. formsdiscreter · more discrete · discretest · most discrete