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- Dictionaryin·de·ter·mi·nate/ˌindəˈtərmənət/
adjective
- 1. not exactly known, established, or defined: "the date of manufacture is indeterminate" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of INDETERMINATE is not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague. How to use indeterminate in a sentence. Did you know?
not measured, counted, or clearly known: indeterminate number An indeterminate number of workers have already been exposed to the danger. indeterminate age a man of indeterminate age. Opposite. determinate formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Uncertainty. amorphous. be neither fish nor fowl idiom. blurringly. blurry. circumstantial.
In mathematics, an indeterminate is something that has no specified value. It is typically used as a variable in algebra and is often represented as an unsolvable problem, such as a number divided by zero or the square root of a negative number. Indeterminate variables are often represented with letters or symbols.
1. uncertain in extent, amount, or nature. 2. not definite; inconclusive. an indeterminate reply. 3. unable to be predicted, calculated, or deduced. 4. physics. (of an effect) not obeying the law of causality; noncausal. 5. mathematics. a. having no numerical meaning, as 0.00 or 0/0. b.
Indeterminate means not known or decided. When someone contracts a rare stomach parasite but has not been traveling internationally, you might say it had indeterminate origins. It's important to distinguish indeterminate from undetermined, which means not yet decided.
adjective. us / ˌɪn.dɪˈtɝː.mɪ.nət / uk / ˌɪn.dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nət / Add to word list. not measured, counted, or clearly known: indeterminate number An indeterminate number of workers have already been exposed to the danger. indeterminate age a man of indeterminate age. Opposite. determinate formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Uncertainty.
1. uncertain in extent, amount, or nature. 2. not definite; inconclusive: an indeterminate reply. 3. unable to be predicted, calculated, or deduced.
adjective. Not determinate. Webster's New World. Not precisely determined, determinable, or established. A person of indeterminate age. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Not precisely fixed, as to extent, size, nature, or number. An indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle. American Heritage. Racemose. Webster's New World.
Definition of indeterminate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. uk / ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnət / us. Add to word list. impossible to know: a large woman of indeterminate age. (Definition of indeterminate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of indeterminate. in Chinese (Traditional) 不確定的, 不明確的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 不确定的, 不明确的… See more. in Spanish.
