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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.
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.
not clearly determined or established: Juvenile criminals are sometimes sentenced to indeterminate prison terms rather than a fixed length of time.
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.
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.
indeterminate meaning, definition, what is indeterminate: impossible to know about definitely or e...: Learn more.
Definition of indeterminate adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
