English Explanatory Dictionary

indeterminate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not accurately determined or determinable.
  2. Imprecise or vague.
  3. Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.
  4. With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.
  5. Not topped with some form of terminal bud.
  6. Intersex.
  7. Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known.
noun
  1. A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value;
  2. A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value; (loose sense) a variable.
  3. a variable.

Pronunciation

/ɪndɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-indeterminate.wav

Word forms

indeterminate more indeterminate most indeterminate indeterminates

Synonyms

indeterminant

Antonyms

determinate

Related words

indeterminacy indefinite undetermined

Derived words

indeterminate equation indeterminate form indeterminate growth indeterminate imperfective indeterminately indeterminateness indeterminate state indeterminate system indeterminate verb seroindeterminate statically indeterminate

Translations

French: indéterminée German: Unbestimmte
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