Abiotic factors are nonliving features of climate regions that affect ecosystems. Biotic factors are the living elements like plants and animals. Abiotic factors of the world: The polar regions are the coldest areas, with the Arctic containing relatively large amounts of snowfall, whereas Antarctica is a desert.
Discretely is defined as in a separate independent unit or in distinct, separate parts. When a subsidiary of a company operates completely independently of other branches or departments of the company, this is an example of a subsidiary that operates discretely. Adverb.
adj. 1  1. Constituting a separate thing: Computers treat time as a series of discrete moments rather than a continuous flow. 2  2. Consisting of unconnected distinct parts: society viewed as a discrete whole of individual agents. 3  3. Mathematics Defined for a finite or countable set of values; not continuous.