adj
Meaning 1
Not accurately determined or determinable.
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Standard Lemma guide
indeterminate
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adj
Meaning 2
Imprecise or vague.
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adj
Meaning 3
Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.
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Topics: mathematical-analysis, mathematics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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adj
Meaning 5
Not topped with some form of terminal bud.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adj
Meaning 6
Intersex.
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adj
Meaning 7
Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known.
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Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 8
A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value;
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: strict-sense
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
Examples
- 1862, H. J. Stephen Smith, Report on the Theory of Numbers—Part III, Report of the 31st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, British Association for the Advancement of Science, page 292, The form is linear, quadratic, cubic, biquadratic or quartic, quintic, &c., according to its order in respect of the indeterminates it contains; and binary, ternary, quaternary, &c., according to the number of its indeterminates. Thus x2+y2 is a binary quadratic form, x3+y3+z3-3xyz is a ternary cubic form.
- 1892, Henry B. Fine, Kronecker and His Arithmetical Theory of the Algebraic Equation, Thomas S. Fiske, Harold Jacoby (editors), Bulletin of the New York Mathematical Society, Volume 1, New York Mathematical Society, page 179, Such a factor is therefore an integral function of x and the indeterminates u_1,u_2,...u_n with coefficients belonging to the domain of rationality (R',R,..) and may be represented by g(x,u_1,u_2,..u_n).
- 2006, Alexander B. Levin, Difference Algebra, M. Hazewinkel, Handbook of Algebra, page 251, Let T=T_σ and let S be the polynomial R-algebra in the set of indeterminates y_i,τ_(i∈I,τ∈T) with indices from the set I×T.
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noun
Meaning 9
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.
a variable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: strict-sense
Qualifier: loose sense
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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adjective
Meaning 10
not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- of indeterminate age
- a zillion is a large indeterminate number
- an indeterminate point of law
- the influence of environment is indeterminate
- an indeterminate future
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Synonyms: undetermined
Antonyms: determinate
adjective
Meaning 11
having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an indeterminate stem
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adjective satellite
Meaning 12
not leading to a definite ending or result
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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- an indeterminate campaign
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adjective satellite
Meaning 13
not capable of being determined
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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- the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle
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adjective satellite
Meaning 14
of uncertain or ambiguous nature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неопределен (neopredelen) — not accurately determined
- Catalan: indeterminat — not accurately determined
- French: indéterminé — not accurately determined
- German: unbestimmt — not accurately determined
- Hindi: अपरिमित (aprimit) — not accurately determined
- Hungarian: határozatlan — not accurately determined
- Hungarian: bizonytalan — not accurately determined
- Ido: nedeterminita — not accurately determined
- Irish: neamhchinntithe — not accurately determined
- Italian: indeterminato — not accurately determined
- Macedonian: неодреден (neodreden) — not accurately determined
- Sicilian: nnitirminatu — not accurately determined
- Spanish: indeterminado — not accurately determined
- Swedish: obestämd — not accurately determined
- French: indéterminée — symbol that never takes a value
- German: Unbestimmte — symbol that never takes a value