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[ adjective ] constituting a separate entity or part

Synonyms

distinct

Examples

"a government with three discrete divisions" "on two distinct occasions"

Used in print

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

The firm red spleen weighed 410 gm. , and its surface was mottled by discrete , small patches of white material .

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

Her thoughts were not discrete .

Related terms

separate

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