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