discrete : Idioms & Phrases

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Discrete movement

  • . See Concrete movement of the voice, under Concrete, a.
Webster 1913

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.
Webster 1913

Discrete quantity

  • that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.
Webster 1913