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Meaning of 'indeterminate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Indeterminate [ a.]
- Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years.

Meaning of 'indeterminate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . indeterminate [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
Example in sentence:
  • a zillion is a large indeterminate number;
  • an indeterminate future;
  • an indeterminate point of law;
  • of indeterminate age;
  • the influence of environment is indeterminate
Meaning (2):
- having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
Example in sentence:
  • an indeterminate stem
3 . indeterminate [ s]
Meaning (3):
- (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved
Example in sentence:
  • 0/0 is an indeterminate form
Meaning (4):
- not leading to a definite ending or result
Example in sentence:
  • an indeterminate campaign
Meaning (5):
- of uncertain or ambiguous nature
Example in sentence:
  • the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists

Nearby Words:

ind indagate indagation indagative indagator indamage indamaged indart indazol inde

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