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discrete

/dɪsˈkɹiːt/
adjective

  1. Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.

    "a government with three discrete divisions"

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

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

Antonymsmultiplexed, integrated, continuous

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