'Discrete quantity' definitions:

Definition of 'Discrete quantity'

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Discrete \Dis*crete"\, a. [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.]
1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition. [1913 Webster]
3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]