The phrase "a discrete number of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific, countable quantity of something, often in a mathematical or technical context.
Example: "The experiment required a discrete number of samples to ensure accurate results."
Alternatives: "a specific number of" or "a limited number of".
It has an automatic transmission that is continuously variable, rather than having a discrete number of gears.
In a common approach a discrete number of free electrons (qubits) reside within extremely small regions, known as quantum dots, and in one of two spin states, interpreted as 0 and 1.
In this system, workers (teachers) work on an assembly line (school) at a pace mandated by remote authorities (State Education Department) to produce products (educated students) at a level that passes or fails a discrete number of quality control tests (Regents exams).
A discrete number of transmission powers were considered for both the transmitter and the jammer.
Each receptor detects a discrete number of odorous molecules in the air and sends signals to the brain for processing.
The produced stream is classified into a discrete number of prototype streams or populations by a global 'population classifier'.
The shape of the body is parameterized and can be changed by means of a discrete number of design variables.
For that reason, we have defined a flexible procedure that uses a discrete number of models as a reference to evaluate how realistic a hypothesis is.
To illustrate the approach, the inversion of an acoustic field created by the superposition of a discrete number of propagating noisy acoustic sources is considered.
Because of the QW bidimensional structure, carriers will lay in a discrete number of subband energy levels, whose number will depend upon the thickness of the QW.
Instead of estimating a discrete number of fibers as in parametric models, non-parametric techniques estimate the orientation distribution function (ODF) describing arbitrary fiber configurations.
