Meaning

• Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.

  "a government with three discrete divisions"

• That can be perceived individually and not as connected to, or part of something else.

• Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and resisters, as opposed to integrated circuitry.

• (audio engineering) Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound.

• Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.

• Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause.

  ""I resign my life, but not my honour" is a discrete proposition."