Any of several devices that convert incident electromagnetic radiation of mixed frequencies to one or more discrete frequencies of highly amplified and coherent ultraviolet, visible, or infrared radiation. 激光器使偶然的混杂频率的电磁辐射,变为一个或更多的高度强化和连续的紫外线、可见光或红外线辐射的分离频率仪器中的一种
A discrete part or portion of a work, such as a painting, building, or decorative object, especially when considered in isolation. 细部某项作品(例如绘画、建筑、装饰)的一部分,尤指这些部分被分开来独立考虑的部分
Pertaining to a device that operates in a proportional or continuous manner, such as an analog amplifier. Not discrete or digital, but analog. 用于修饰或说明一种设备(工作特性)的术语,这种设备以成比例或连续方式进行工作,例如用于说明模拟放大器的工作特性不是离散的或数字的,而是模拟的。
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[ adj ] constituting a separate entity or part <adj.all> a government with three discrete divisionson two distinct occasions
Discrete \Dis*crete"\, a. [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See {Discreet}.] 1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. --Sir M. Hale.
2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, ``I resign my life, but not my honor,'' is a discrete proposition.
3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.
{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.
Discrete \Dis*crete"\, v. t. To separate. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
"From the imprecisely pleaded complaint, it is difficult to discern the discrete basis of plaintiff Donald Rochon's common law tort claims" against individual agents, Richey said.
That discrete "subpopulation" of cases has grown as the insulation material's disease-causing properties became known, says Mr. Galanter, but will eventually dwindle because asbestos products aren't made anymore.
Messrs. Kapor and Miller believed that her role would be discrete enough not to cause a problem.
But the old ones are no longer dependable. Technologies are no longer discrete.
His tight (but never suffocating) grasp on Act 1 loosened after the interval; Act 2 felt like a succession of beautifully shaped discrete parts rather than a continuously flowing whole.
Some of the major technology contributions to reducing time-to-market are happening within discrete parts of the process.
In a sophisticated stratification of the market, the auction established discrete price and demand levels for different types of items.
Also, takeovers are discrete events whose effects are more susceptible to measurement than other events.
The Western partner generally wants to confine the joint venture's activities to a discrete area.
Some products currently marketed as extensions could well have been launched as discrete brands.
The only difference is that adjustments of pegs occur in discrete and traumatic jumps.
You may have some wastage in small items such as nuts and bolts, but the quantities used are still discrete.
"The court holds today that the public trust includes not only tidewaters along the ocean shore, but also discrete bodies of water that are influenced by the tide but far removed from the ocean or any navigable tidal water," she said.
Lots of people wanted `and' and others wanted the ampersand and some thought a very discrete plus sign would be modern and hip.