'Determinate' definitions:
Definition of 'determinate'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [ant: indeterminate, undetermined]
adjective
Not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; "determinate growth" [ant: indeterminate]
adjective
Supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem" [syn: definitive, determinate]
Definition of 'Determinate'
From: GCIDE
- Determinate \De*ter"mi*nate\, v. t. To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The sly, slow hours shall not determinate The dateless limit of thy dear exile. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Determinate'
From: GCIDE
- Determinate \De*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of determinare. See Determine.]
- 1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite. [1913 Webster]
- Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Conclusive; decisive; positive. [1913 Webster]
- The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. --Acts ii. 23. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- My determinate voyage. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- More determinate to do than skillful how to do. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'determinate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Determinate'
- Determinability,
- Determinable,
- Determinableness,
- Determinant,
- Determinately,
- Determinateness,
- Determination,
- Determinative,
- Determinator,
- Determine,
- Determined,
- Determinedly,
- Determiner,
- Determining,
- Determinism,
- Determinate equations,
- Determinate inflorescence,
- Determinate problem,
- Determinate quantities,
- Determinative tables,
- antigenic determinant,
- determining factor,
- Self-determination,
- Self-determining,
- Skew symmetrical determinant,
- self-determined