'discrete category' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a group or class that is separate and distinct from other similar groups or classes. For example, you could say: "Each individual in this population can be categorized into a discrete category based on their characteristics."
But I mainly want to call attention to our society's essentialist determination to dragoon a person into one discrete category or another.
The app's central feature is a wheel with 24 spokes, where each sliver represents a discrete category of sensory experience – such as "meaty", "bitter" or "mouthfeel".
Seeking to defend religion, Armstrong argues that it acts against violence as often as it encourages it; that civilization itself is inherently violent; that religious tradition is not "a single, unchanging essence"; and that, for most of human history, religion was indistinguishable from politics, society, and culture, and therefore "religious violence" was meaningless as a discrete category.
The predictive modelling revealed that 92.98% of clashes reside within the 30 299 mm range while the most probable occurrence of a clash overlap resides in a discrete category of 100 199 mm.
To facilitate progress, taxometric analyses were conducted to determine whether hypochondriasis is best understood as a discrete category, consistent with the DSM, or as a dimensional entity, consistent with prevailing opinion and most self-report measures.
The continuous outputs were used to compute the AUC metrics, and the AUC scores were used as an index of classification performance because they are robust to class imbalances and are better able to incorporate the relationship between probabilistic classifier output and discrete category membership.
Thus the only parameter needed in the Lloyds discretization method is the number of discrete categories.
Meanwhile, the D.S.M. offers discrete categories.
Are "Maoists" and "tribals" two entirely discrete categories, as is being made out?
Type of data: So far, we have only discussed data that represent discrete categories.
This way, you can separate (modularize, if you will) your efforts into discrete categories.
