discreteness

noun

dis·​crete·​ness

plural -es

: the quality of being discrete: such as

a

: separateness

the simple sentence tends to emphasize the discreteness of phenomena within the structural unity

—R. M. Weaver

b

: the quality of consisting of a number of individual parts

in order to cast lots, the dice must have some quality of discreteness in the form of two or more "sides"

—C. J. Erasmus

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