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discrete
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The Hunt for Red October
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On the other, we have a great deal of ASW arrayed to locate her, and she will be heading towards one of only a few discrete locations.†
Chpt 7. *

discrete = separate or distinct
For each of the Red October's main dimensions—length, beam, height—he input ten discrete numerical values.†
Chpt 8.
With all of the Soviet Alfas and Victors already on the coast, and the last of the Charlies, Echoes, and Novembers just arriving on their stations, the master screen Commander Quentin was staring at was no longer filled with discrete little red dots but rather with large circles.†
Chpt 10.
Thus the technology used to localize a target first detected by SOSUS, or to "delouse" a discrete piece of ocean preparatory to the passage of a convoy, simply was not up to a random search of the deep ocean.†
Chpt 10.
On the other hand, they know where she's heading, a limited number of discrete areas, and those are staked out with fifty-eight submarines.†
Chpt 12.

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