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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distinct \Dis*tinct"\, v. t. To distinguish. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distinct \Dis*tinct"\, a. [L. distinctus p. p. of distinguere: cf F. distinct. See {Distinguish}.] 1. Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out specified. [Obs.] Wherever thus created -- for no place Is yet distinct by name --Milton. 2. Marked; variegated. [Obs.] The which [place] was dight With divers flowers distinct with rare delight. --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: distinct adj 1: (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees" [syn: {distinguishable}] 2: easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints" [ant: {indistinct}] 3: constituting a separate entity or part "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions" [syn: {discrete}] 4: recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage" [syn: {decided}] 5: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong" [syn: {clear-cut}, {trenchant}]
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