Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discrete variable

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: dis-crete -vari-able
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variable that takes values from a finite or countable set, such as the number of legs of an animal.

Inflected Forms

discrete variables (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

continuous variable

Questions

What does discrete variable mean?: A variable that takes values from a finite or countable set, such as the number of legs of an animal.

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