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Indeterminate

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Adjective

1. indeterminate, undetermined

not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance

Example Sentences:
'of indeterminate age'
'a zillion is a large indeterminate number'
'an indeterminate point of law'
'the influence of environment is indeterminate'
'an indeterminate future'

2. indeterminate

having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex

Example Sentences:
'an indeterminate stem'

3. indeterminate

of uncertain or ambiguous nature

Example Sentences:
'the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists'

4. indeterminate

not capable of being determined

Example Sentences:
'the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle'

5. indeterminate

not leading to a definite ending or result

Example Sentences:
'an indeterminate campaign'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Indeterminate

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adjective
1. 
uncertain in extent, amount, or nature
2. 
not definite; inconclusive
an indeterminate reply
3. 
unable to be predicted, calculated, or deduced
4. physics
(of an effect) not obeying the law of causality; noncausal
5. mathematics
a. 
having no numerical meaning, as 0.00 or 0/0
b. 
(of an equation) having more than one variable and an unlimited number of solutions
6. botany another word for indefinite (sense 4)
7. 
(of a structure, framework, etc) comprising forces that cannot be fully analysed, esp by vector analysis

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Indeterminate

see synonyms of indeterminate
adjective
1. 
not determinate
; specif.,
a. 
inexact in its limits, nature, etc.; indefinite; uncertain; vague
an indeterminate amount
b. 
not yet settled, concluded, or known; doubtful or inconclusive
2.  Botany
racemose

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Indeterminate

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adj.
1.
a. Not precisely determined, determinable, or established: a person of indeterminate age.
b. Not precisely fixed, as to extent, size, nature, or number: an indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle.
c. Lacking clarity or precision, as in meaning; vague: an indeterminate turn of phrase.
d. Not fixed or known in advance: an indeterminate future.
e. Not leading up to a definite result or ending: an indeterminate campaign.
2. Botany Not terminating in a flower and continuing to grow at the apex: an indeterminate inflorescence.
3. Mathematics Having more than one variable and an infinite number of solutions, such as the equation 5x2 + 3y = 10.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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