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discrete

[dih-skreet] / dɪˈskrit /


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But, said the ex-navy official, you could also convert another small boat to do the job more discretely.

From Barron's

His work built on an earlier proposal by Max Planck in 1900 that atoms emit and absorb energy in discrete packets rather than continuous amounts.

From Science Daily

Like her blog, her book takes discrete pieces of information—biographical details, scientific trivia, “on this day” connections between disparate discoveries and figures—and elicits from them a narrative.

From The Wall Street Journal

“DYNF does not depend on predicting or ‘timing’ discrete market turning points but instead tilts toward factors exhibiting tailwinds over a three-to-six-month horizon,” the firm wrote in an email in January.

From Barron's

“DYNF does not depend on predicting or ‘timing’ discrete market turning points but instead tilts toward factors exhibiting tailwinds over a three-to-six-month horizon,” the firm wrote in an email in January.

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