Search results for "Discrete" - New World Encyclopedia
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- subdivisible) continuum, but in discrete, particle-like units. He ... states of a physical system could be discrete.) In recognition of this ...30 KB (4,449 words) - 00:57, 9 November 2022
- separate poems, each of which exists as a discrete unit. ... chapters (each of which can be seen as a discrete unit) can be tentatively ...22 KB (3,444 words) - 00:22, 19 November 2023
- not in confused and concrete persons, but in discrete and distinct ones." On the other hand, Ulfilas also put the "Homoiousians" ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- fact any point between the two central points of a discrete distribution minimizes average absolute deviation. Similarly, the mode minimizes qualitative ...14 KB (2,265 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- which marks the end of its existence as a discrete and (relatively) circumscribed ... (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- orbitals are the quantum states (or discrete energy states) that electrons ... that we no longer perceive their discrete nature: they form a continuum ...33 KB (5,193 words) - 01:09, 18 November 2022
- * Korfhage, Robert R. 1974. Discrete Computational Structures, Academic Press, New York, NY. ISBN 0124208606 * Lambek, J., and P.J. Scott. 1986 ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 00:23, 2 December 2022
- a signal (usually an analog signal) by a discrete set of its points or samples ... of time. However, digital signals are discrete in both of those respects ...28 KB (4,011 words) - 14:37, 29 January 2024
- animism tends to view life as taking the form of discrete spirits, and panpsychism tends to refer to strictly philosophical views like that of Gottfried ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- refers to the phenomenon in which two or more discrete influences or agents acting together create an effect greater than that predicted by knowing ...12 KB (1,805 words) - 01:57, 27 February 2023
- charge. There are other charged particles. The discrete nature of electric charge was proposed by Michael Faraday in his electrolysis experiments, and ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- Localized pressure sources are usually discrete objects, such as the finger pressing on the wall, or the tires of a car pressed against the pavement ...14 KB (2,183 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- nature than the individual responses to discrete stimuli. In fact, he believed that we interpret the parts based on our understanding of what ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 23:20, 17 May 2023
- There are two types of LED panels: Conventional, using discrete LEDs ... is reduced by 25 percent from the discrete diode screen with the same ...41 KB (6,290 words) - 01:16, 26 October 2022
- nerves. Although the neuron is considered a discrete unit, the output of the nervous system is produced by the connectivity of neurons (that is, the ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 07:55, 24 January 2023
- * a 0-sphere is a pair of points with the discrete topology * a 1-sphere is a circle (up to homeomorphism); thus, for example, (the image of) ...17 KB (2,835 words) - 21:37, 7 February 2023
- contexts. By separating a site into basic, discrete units, archaeologists are able to create a chronology for activity on a site and not only describe ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 17:39, 16 August 2023
- seems to have, among many other characteristics, a discrete epistemological methodology, concept of truth, and linguistic expression. ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- of the 'neutron' crust, this happens as discrete events during crust rupture, similar to tectonic earthquakes. After the starquake, the star ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 16:26, 11 November 2022
- Earth's crust. It does not occur as a discrete mineral, but gallium replaces aluminum in ores such as bauxite. Gallium hydroxide is amphoteric ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- gives a completely different topology, the "discrete topology"; with this definition numbers cannot be arbitrarily close. ...18 KB (2,703 words) - 15:29, 29 January 2024
- Periodization is the attempt to categorize or divide historical time into discrete named blocks. This is usually done in order to facilitate ...29 KB (4,535 words) - 16:10, 29 December 2020
- these laws to whole plants, unit operations or discrete parts of equipment. In doing so, chemical engineers use principles of thermodynamics, reaction ...15 KB (2,143 words) - 14:40, 5 December 2023
- out of vacuum tube triodes, and later out of discrete transistors, were used for smaller and faster memories such as registers and (random access ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- staff). Most ILS separate software functions into discrete programs called modules, which are then integrated into a unified interface. Examples of modules ...16 KB (2,219 words) - 22:54, 5 February 2023
- Active transcription units are clustered in the nucleus, in discrete sites called “transcription factories.” Such sites could be visualized ...18 KB (2,706 words) - 17:57, 4 November 2022
- provided definitive evidence that neurons are discrete cells that communicate with each other via specialized junctions, or spaces, between cells. His ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 03:22, 23 December 2022
- fungi, and protists, while unable to ingest discrete lumps of matter, instead live by absorbing and metabolizing on a molecular scale. Scavengers are ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 08:55, 15 January 2023
- Ethology emerged as a discrete discipline in the 1920s, through the efforts of Konrad Lorenz, Karl von Frisch, and Niko Tinbergen, who were jointly ...16 KB (2,274 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- that of other early humanists after him, as a discrete period distinct from our "Modern" age, has endured, and the term still finds use ...17 KB (2,782 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- use computer simulation, especially discrete event simulation, for system analysis and evaluation. == Areas of expertise == Ever since its creation ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 22:36, 5 February 2023
- and darkest parts of an image, measured in discrete steps at any given moment. Generally, the higher the contrast ratio, the more realistic the image ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 20:45, 9 April 2023
- tends to treat philosophy in terms of discrete problems, capable of being analyzed apart from their historical origins (much as scientists consider ...19 KB (2,642 words) - 02:47, 8 January 2024
- is quantized (that is, it comes in discrete amounts). With that, he began developing the modern concept of the photon as the fundamental unit ...20 KB (3,162 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- and discontinuous in structure, made up of discrete atoms. The cosmos and its components acted independently with characteristics of living creatures ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 13:28, 15 December 2022
- of a corporeal know-how that occurs through discrete, syntactic processes. Moreover, through the publication in 1991 of The Embodied Mind (by Francisco ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 00:45, 9 November 2022
- imager (analog) waveform output into a discrete digital-video signal. The ... by Ampex based on the D1 format. It used discrete cosine transform as its ...34 KB (5,130 words) - 18:53, 25 November 2023
- in the formation of large, fairly discrete nodules in the periurethral region of the prostate. When sufficiently large, the nodules compress ...18 KB (2,577 words) - 08:14, 2 December 2022
- phases can be continuous instead of having a discrete boundary. In this case the matter is considered to be in a supercritical state. When three phases ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- library. They can be highly specialized, serving a discrete user group with a restricted collection area. In an increasingly global and virtual workplace ...23 KB (3,189 words) - 11:04, 7 March 2023
- Osteoclasts mature and/or migrate to discrete bone surfaces. Upon arrival, active enzymes, such as tartrate resistant acid phosphatase, are ...19 KB (2,819 words) - 07:21, 17 November 2023
- The Kübler-Ross model describes, in five discrete stages, the process by which people deal with grief and tragedy. Terminally ill patients are ...18 KB (2,757 words) - 16:14, 13 February 2024
- forms of education stress the value of acquiring a discrete set of skills and knowledge and to check each student’s progress through annual testing. ...20 KB (2,991 words) - 23:07, 30 November 2022
- moving forward or backward were finite, discrete and distinguishable. Only ... must be able to be realized in some discrete mechanical form. ...35 KB (5,278 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
- formalism that describes a task in discrete, "mechanical" terms. Unique to this concept of formalized algorithms is the "assignment ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 18:19, 21 July 2023
- efforts they represent are not understood as discrete entities, but are instead seen as mutually contingent "lenses" whose cumulative effect ...22 KB (3,259 words) - 02:48, 17 January 2023
- " and if the castes are morphologically discrete, then the system is "highly eusocial." Paper wasps exhibit primative eusociality. About ...19 KB (2,999 words) - 23:13, 3 May 2023
- the "It" refers to entities as discrete objects drawn from a defined set (for example, he, she, or any other objective entity defined ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- Clastic sedimentary rocks are composed of discrete fragments or "clasts" of materials derived from other rocks. They are composed largely ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 02:25, 16 December 2022
- soft and resinous. Each ovuliferous scale remains discrete, so the cone develops into a short stem with one to a few berry-like seeds. They are probably ...19 KB (2,759 words) - 20:26, 15 May 2020
