ovine (comparative more ovine, superlative most ovine) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep. 1992, Colin Tudge, Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can be Stopped, page 175 Thus, in general, cattle sperm are reasonably robust, but sheep much less so.
A continuous function allows the x-values to be ANY points in the interval, including fractions, decimals, and irrational values. A discrete function allows the x-values to be only certain points in the interval, usually only integers or whole numbers.: Graph the continuous function: y = x 2 for all Reals.
More formally, discrete mathematics has been characterized as the branch of mathematics dealing with countable sets (sets that have the same cardinality as subsets of the natural numbers, including rational numbers but not real numbers). However, there is no exact definition of the term discrete mathematics.. Indeed, discrete mathematics is described less by what is included than by what is excluded: continuously varying quantities and related notions.