discrete
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At its core is a simple but powerful claim: spacetime is not smooth, but discrete – made of tiny “cells”, which is what quantum mechanics suggests.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
The unit-distance problem belongs to a branch of math known as discrete geometry, which studies the arrangements of points, lines and shapes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
A mathematician may spend a career in discrete geometry without developing any familiarity with the sophisticated tools of algebraic number theory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Alas, they’re not thinking in the continuous sense you and I experience; they are merely providing themselves with a discrete sequence of internal prompts.
From Slate ● May 25, 2026
Mendel had discovered the discontinuous nature of genes, Fisher knew, because he had chosen highly discrete traits and crossed pure-breeding plants to begin with.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing discrete
Grade 12, List 1
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