Discrete

(dis-kreet'.) [From L. discretus, set apart.] (Mus.) A discrete movement is that change of the voice from one end of the gamut to the other, which is the converse ofa concrete movement. (Arith.) D. proportion is that where two pairs of numbers or quantities poBse an equal ratio, but without the same evenne of proportion between all the four; as, 3: 6:: 8: 16.-A D. quantity is one whose constituent parts po e a distinct individuality and existence. Thus, numbers being composed of separate units, are D. quantities. [s. 201]