Definition of: distinct

(dis·tingkt′) adjective
1. Clear to the senses or mind; plain; unmistakable.
2. Clearly standing apart, as in space or thought, from other objects; evidently not identical; observably or decidedly different.
3. Standing apart by itself; disjoined; unconnected.
4. Using or marked by clear vision and understanding; not obscure nor confused: a man of distinct ideas.
5. Poetic Adorned; variegated. See synonyms under CLEAR, EVIDENT, MANIFEST, PARTICULAR, PLAIN¹. [<L distinctus, pp. of distinguere. See DISTINGUISH.]
—dis·tinct′ly adverb
—dis·tinct′ness noun