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discreteness|dɪˈskriːtnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being discrete: a. Discontinuity. b. The consisting of many individual parts.
1862H. Spencer First Princ. i. ii. §9 (1875) 29 When the size, complexity, or discreteness of the object conceived becomes very great, only a small portion of its attributes can be thought of at once. 1877E. Caird Philos. Kant ii. xvii. 605 We bring together the two moments of unity and diversity..continuity and discreteness. 1893P. S. Moxon in Barrow World's Parl. Relig. I. 467 The whole significance of man's existence lies ultimately in its discreteness—in the evolution and persistence of the self-conscious ego. |