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Definition of Discreteness
1. Noun. The state of being several and distinct.
Generic synonyms: Separation
Derivative terms: Discrete, Distinct, Separate, Separate
Definition of Discreteness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being discrete, separated or distinct. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Discreteness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discreteness
Literary usage of Discreteness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Field of Philosophy: An Introduction to the Study of Philosophy by Joseph Alexander Leighton (1919)
"CONTINUITY AND discreteness — ONENESS AND MANYNESS Throughout the whole of man's
thinking and acting there run two complementary motives — the motive to ..."
2. Analytical Psychology: A Practical Manual for Colleges and Normal Schools by Lightner Witmer (1902)
"The psychical discreteness of heat and cold sensations. Touch to the skin some
metal object heated to a temperature greater than that of the body. ..."
3. The World-energy and Its Self-conservation by William McKendree Bryant (1890)
"AS TO CONTINUITY AND discreteness OF QUANTITY IN MATTER. AT this point we come
upon the question as to the -*--*- relation between continuous and discrete ..."
4. The Sensation of Pain and the Theory of the Specific Sense Energies by Anna Jane McKeag (1902)
"CHAPTER II QUALITATIVE DISTINCTNESS AND discreteness Is there any one experience
to which we refer when we use the term " pain" ? In other words, does pain ..."
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