discrete
- Adjective. Separate; distinct; individual; Non-continuous.
- Adjective. Something that can be perceived individually and not as connected to, or part of something else.
- Adjective. (context, electrical engineering) Having separate electronic components, such as individual resistors and inductors — the opposite of integrated circuitry.
- Adjective. (context, audio engineering) Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound.
- Adjective. (topology) Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.
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