indeterminate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪndɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/

Adjective

indeterminate (comparative more indeterminate, superlative most indeterminate)

1. Not accurately determined or determinable.
2. Imprecise or vague.
3. (mathematics, of certain forms of limit) Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.
4. (biology, of growth) With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.
5. (botany, of inflorescences) Not topped with some form of terminal bud.
6. Intersex.
7. (architecture) Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known.
   • 2014, David Oakley, The Phenomenon of Architecture in Cultures in Change (page 196)

     It bears an affinity to the problem of indeterminate architecture—the indeterminate residential area.

Synonyms

• indeterminant

Antonyms

• determinate

Derived terms

• indeterminate form
• indeterminately
• indeterminateness
• indeterminate state

 

Related terms

• indeterminacy

Translations

not accurately determined

• Bulgarian: неопределен (bg) (neopredelen)
• Catalan: indeterminat
• French: indéterminé (fr)
• German: unbestimmt (de)
• Hungarian: határozatlan (hu), bizonytalan (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: nedeterminita (io)
• Irish: neamhchinntithe
• Italian: indeterminato (it)
• Spanish: indeterminado (es)

Further reading

• Indeterminate form on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Adjective

indeterminate

1. feminine plural of indeterminato

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) indētermināte

1. vocative masculine singular of indēterminātus

References

• indeterminate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)