离散 (lí sàn) — dispersed; scattered; discrete (mathematics)

Definition

Adjective meaning 'dispersed/scattered' in general use, and specifically 'discrete' in mathematics (as in 离散数学). The math sense is fixed terminology; the everyday sense covers people or things spread out without order.

adjective

dispersedscattereddiscrete (mathematics)

Examples

离散。
Zhàn zhēng dǎo zhì xǔ duō lí sàn de jiā tíng wú fǎ tuán jù.
The war caused many scattered families to be unable to reunite.
离散。
lí sàn Shù xué shì jì suàn jī kē xué de zhòng yào jī chǔ.
Discrete mathematics is an important foundation of computer science.
离散。
Tā men jiāng lián xù xìn hào zhuǎn huà wèi lí sàn xìn hào.
They convert continuous signals into discrete signals.

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