INDETERMINATE


Meaning of INDETERMINATE in English

[ ˌɪndɪ'tə:mɪnət ]

■ adjective

1》 not exactly known, established, or defined.

↘ Mathematics (of a quantity) having no definite or definable value.

↘ Medicine (of a condition) from which a diagnosis of the underlying cause cannot be made.

2》 Botany (of a shoot) not having all the axes terminating in flower buds and so potentially of indefinite length.

Derivatives

indeterminacy noun

~ly adverb

~ness noun

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