'Indeterminate' definitions:
Definition of 'indeterminate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future" [syn: indeterminate, undetermined] [ant: determinate]
adjective
Having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem" [ant: determinate]
adjective
Of uncertain or ambiguous nature; "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists"
adjective
Not capable of being determined; "the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle"
adjective
Not leading to a definite ending or result; "an indeterminate campaign"
Definition of 'Indeterminate'
From: GCIDE
- Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.] Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley. [1913 Webster]
- Indeterminate analysis (Math.), that branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems.
- Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined.
- Indeterminate equation (Math.), an equation in which the unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values, or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate when it contains more unknown quantities than there are equations.
- Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the stem indefinitely; -- called also {acropetal inflorescence}, botryose inflorescence, {centripetal inflorescence}, and indefinite inflorescence. --Gray.
- Indeterminate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of an infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or required results.
- Indeterminate quantity (Math.), a quantity which has no fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with any proposed condition.
- Indeterminate series (Math.), a series whose terms proceed by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'indeterminate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- accidental,
- adventitious,
- aleatoric,
- aleatory,
- amorphic,
- amorphous,
- anarchic,
- baggy,
- bland,
- blind,
- blobby,
- blurred,
- blurry,
- broad,
- casual,
- causeless,
- chance,
- chancy,
- chaotic,
- characterless,
- clear as mud,
- cloudy,
- collective,
- confused,
- contingent,
- dark,
- destinal,
- dicey,
- dim,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- fatal,
- fatidic,
- featureless,
- fluky,
- foggy,
- formless,
- fortuitous,
- fuzzy,
- general,
- generalized,
- generic,
- hazy,
- hit-or-miss,
- iffy,
- ill-defined,
- imprecise,
- inaccurate,
- inchoate,
- incidental,
- incoherent,
- indecisive,
- indefinable,
- indefinite,
- indeterminable,
- indistinct,
- inexact,
- inform,
- kaleidoscopic,
- lax,
- loose,
- lumpen,
- misty,
- muddy,
- murky,
- nebulous,
- neutral,
- nondescript,
- nonspecific,
- obscure,
- opaque,
- orderless,
- random,
- risky,
- shadowed forth,
- shadowy,
- shapeless,
- stochastic,
- sweeping,
- transcendent,
- uncaused,
- uncharacterized,
- unclear,
- undefined,
- undestined,
- undetermined,
- undifferentiated,
- unexpected,
- unforeseeable,
- unforeseen,
- unlooked-for,
- unordered,
- unorganized,
- unplain,
- unpredictable,
- unspecified,
- vague,
- veiled,
- wide