Dis-crēte'1, a.
a. [Lat. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See DISCREET.]
Sense 1. Separate; distinct; disjunct.
Sense 2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, I resign my life, but not my honor, is a discrete proposition.
Discrete movement of the voice, a leap from one pitch to another, as distinguished from a concrete movement, or slide, in which the voice passes through all the intermediate parts of the musical scale. Rush. — 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.