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Determinate
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What's The Definition Of Determinate?
[adj] supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem"
[adj] precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause; "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals" [adj] (botany) not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; "determinate growth" Synonyms | Synonyms for Determinate: conclusive | cymose | definitive | fixed Related Terms | Find terms related to Determinate: absolute | admitting no exception | all-out | apodictic | ascertained | assured | attested | bound | categorical | certain | certified | circumscribed | circumscript | clear | clear and distinct | clear as day | complete | conclusive | concrete | constant | decided | decisive | defined | definite | definitive | delimited | demarcated | detailed | determined | diagnose | different | distinct | distinguish | distinguished | downright | encircled | entire | esoteric | especial | established | exceptional | explicit | express | extraordinary | final | finger | fixed | flat | flat-out | global | guaranteed | hedged about | immovable | immutable | implicit | in the bag | inalterable | inappealable | indisputable | individual | ineluctable | inevitable | inner | intimate | invariable | limited | made sure | minute | nailed down | narrow | necessary | noteworthy | on ice | open-and-shut | out-and-out | outright | particular | peremptory | perfect | perfectly sure | personal | pinpoint | place | positive | precise | predestined | predetermined | private | proved | recognize | respective | restricted | round | secure | set | settled | several | singular | solipsistic | special | specific | spot | stated | straight | straight-out | sure | sure-enough | surrounded | tested | total | tried | true | unalterable | unambiguous | unchangeable | uncircumscribed | unconditional | unconditioned | undoubting | unequivocal | unhampered | unhesitating | univocal | unlimited | unmistakable | unmitigated | unmodifiable | unqualified | unquestioning | unreserved | unrestricted | unwaivable | utter | warranted | whole | without exception | without reserve See Also | Determinate In Webster's Dictionary \De*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of
determinare. See {Determine}.]
1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed;
established; definite.
Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
--Dryden.
2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
--Acts ii. 23.
3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
My determinate voyage. --Shak.
4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]
More determinate to do than skillful how to do.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
{Determinate inflorescence} (Bot.), that in which the
flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which
puts a limit to its growth; -- also called {centrifugal
inflorescence}.
{Determinate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of a
limited number of solutions.
{Determinate quantities}, {Determinate equations} (Math.),
those that are finite in the number of values or
solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem
or equation determine the number.
\De*ter"mi*nate\, v. t. To bring to an end; to determine. See {Determine}. [Obs.] The sly, slow hours shall not determinate The dateless limit of thy dear exile. --Shak. |
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