Instead, the phosphor had to be broken down into a discrete pattern of colored spots.

It has to abstract discrete patterns out of the impulse oversend.

Pentatope numbers belong in the class of figurate numbers, which can be represented as regular, discrete geometric patterns.

In one system, there are 60 discrete patterns: 37 walking gaits, 14 running gaits, and 9 leaping gaits.

They have many attributes in common with ordinary crystals, such as displaying a discrete pattern in x-ray diffraction, and the ability to form shapes with smooth, flat faces.

Few economic exchanges occur entirely in the discrete transactional pattern.

Disperse (or quadrangular) - Hair is distributed broadly over the abdomen without forming a discrete geometric pattern.

Later criticisms of attachment theory relate to temperament, the complexity of social relationships, and the limitations of discrete patterns for classifications.

However, it has relatively little relevance for attachment theory itself, which "neither requires nor predicts discrete patterns of attachment".

A figurate number is a number that can be represented as a regular and discrete geometric pattern (e.g. dots).