discrete entity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdiscreteandentity
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discrete
adjective
uk/dɪˈskriːt/us/dɪˈskriːt/
clearly separate or different in shape ...
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entity
noun[C]
uk/ˈen.tɪ.ti/us/ˈen.t̬ə.t̬i/
something that exists apart from other things, having its own ...
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(Definition ofdiscreteandentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Within this unity, the individual, even though adiscreteentity, is nevertheless bound or connected to others.
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Note that this also addresses the philosophical question of whether a trait or diagnostic category marks adiscreteentity.
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Evidence for its existence as adiscreteentity, however, is not unequivocal.
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Scotland is adiscreteentity, an historical nation, which has maintained its identity over many years.
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Conversely, fire is frequently used as a mass noun, but a fire refers to adiscreteentity.
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The system is modeled as a continuous system and controllers are discrete entities.
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Just as languages are dynamic systems without clear boundaries, writing systems are not discrete entities either; their character inventories can be recombined and reinterpreted.
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We can then imagine dividing the cross-section of the cylinder into bins and counting the discrete entities in each one.
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Geneticists by having been offered distinct and discrete entities, the genes, believed that they could successfully apply not only methodological, but also conceptual reductionism.
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However, self-reported non-celiac gluten sensitivity may not be adiscreteentityor part of this spectrum disorder bringing its role in functional bowel disorders like irritable bowel syndrome into question.
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Longitudinally, these strands unite and divide forming a reticulum rather than representing discrete entities.
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These publications therefore helpfully challenge the easy model of theatre history as a series of revolutions that divide ages into discrete entities.
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The palynomorphs are discrete entities and not introduced as clasts by reworking or slumps.
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What is not clear is when in development these traits emerge as discrete entities.
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This difficulty suggests that individuals do not experience, or recognize, emotions as isolated, discrete entities, but that they rather recognize emotions as ambiguous and overlapping experiences.
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Finally, the evidence for twin buildings - buildings with two living rooms - suggests that individual households may not in all cases have been conceptualized as discrete entities.
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Individuals are first and foremost discrete entities.
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Woolard 1999 has noted that bilingualism research has too often treated two languages as in opposition to each other, as discrete entities which are juxtaposed.
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Soils do not occur as discrete entities; thus the unit of measurement for soil is not obvious.
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