/di skerr"sheuhn/ , n.
1. an instance of discursive writing, speech, etc.; a wandering or logically unconnected statement.
2. the quality or characteristic of ranging from topic to topic; discursiveness; digressiveness.
3. the process or procedure of rigorous formal analysis or demonstration, as distinguished from immediate or intuitive formulation.
[ 1525-35; discursion- (s. of discursio ) a running to and fro. See DISCOURSE, -ION ]