separate |
1. adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). | |
This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces. | |
2. adj. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to). | |
I try to keep my personal life separate from work. | |
3. v. To divide (a thing) into separate parts. | |
Separate the articles from the headings. | |
4. v. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect. | |
5. v. To cause (things or people) to be separate. | |
If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. | |
The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring. | |
7. v. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service. | |
8. n. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing. | |
distinct |
1. adj. Capable of being perceived very clearly. | |
Her voice was distinct despite the heavy traffic. | |
2. adj. Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from"). | |
Horses are distinct from zebras. | |
3. adj. Noticeably different from others; distinctive. | |
Olga's voice is quite distinct because of her accent. | |
4. adj. Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from. | |
5. adj. (obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified. | |
6. adj. (obsolete) Marked; variegated. | |
individual |
1. n. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people. | |
He is an unusual individual. | |
2. n. (legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation. | |
3. n. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class. | |
4. n. (statistics) An element belonging to a population. | |
5. adj. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one. | |
As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one. | |
6. adj. Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person. | |
individual personal pension; individual cream cakes | |
7. adj. Not divisible without losing its identity. | |
non |
1. adv. obsolete form of none | |
continuous |
1. adj. Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption | |
a continuous current of electricity | |
2. adj. Without intervening space; continued | |
a continuous line of railroad | |
3. adj. (botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. | |
4. adj. (analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D. | |
5. adj. (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function). | |
Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected. | |
6. adj. (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state. | |