taurangi motumotu
1. (noun) discrete variable.
He momo taurangi te motumotu ka tatauria ki te tauoti. Ko te tokomaha tāngata tētahi taurangi motumotu nā te mea e kore e taea te hautanga tangata. Ko ngā rā o te wiki tētahi anō taurangi motumotu, nā te mea e tū motuhake ana ia rā (TRP 2010:178). / Discrete is a type of variable that is counted with whole numbers. The number of people is a discrete variable because you can't have a fraction of a person. The days of the week is another discrete variable because each day is independent (TRP 2010:178).