INDETERMINATE

adjective Etymology: Middle English indeterminat, from Late Latin indeterminatus, from Latin in- + determinatus, past participle of determinare to determine Date: 14th century 1. not definitely or precisely determined or fixed ; vague , not known in advance, not leading to a definite end or result, having an infinite number of solutions , being one of the seven undefined mathematical expressions 0/0, ∞/∞, ∞∙0, 1 ∞ , 0º, ∞º, ∞ - ∞, characterized by sequential flowering from the lateral or basal buds to the central or uppermost buds, ~ly adverb ~ness noun indetermination noun