determinate

English

Etymology

From Latin dēterminātus, perfect passive participle of dēterminō (“limit, set bounds”).

Adjective

determinate (not comparable)

1. Distinct, clearly defined. [from 14th c.]
2. Fixed, set, unvarying. [from 16th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:

     hym have ye taken by the hondes of unrightewes persones, after he was delivered by the determinat counsell and foreknowledge of God, and have crucified and slayne hym [...].

3. (biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.

Antonyms

• (limited): indeterminate, non-determinate
• (biology): indeterminate

Derived terms

• determinateness

Related terms

• deterministic
• determinacy
• determination

Translations

distinct, defined

Bulgarian: определен (bg), установен (bg), ограничен (bg)

Spanish: determinado (es)

Noun

determinate (plural determinates)

1. (philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
   • 2007,, David Denby, “Generating possibilities”, Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, DOI:10.1007/s11098-007-9159-z: 

     And since being negatively-charged and being positively-charged are determinates of the same determinable, [D5] will not permit us to infer worlds where anything negatively-charged is also positively-charged.

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Adverb

determinate

1. present adverbial passive participle of determini

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Italian

Adjective

determinate pl.

1. feminine form of determinato

Anagrams

• demeritante

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Latin

Verb

dētermināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēterminō