Indeterminate

What do we mean by indeterminate?

Not precisely determined, determinable, or established. adjective

Not precisely fixed, as to extent, size, nature, or number. adjective

Lacking clarity or precision, as in meaning; vague. adjective

Not fixed or known in advance. adjective

Not leading up to a definite result or ending. adjective

Not terminating in a flower and continuing to grow at the apex. adjective

Having more than one variable and an infinite number of solutions, such as the equation 5x2 + 3y = 10. adjective

Not determinate; not settled or fixed; not definite; uncertain; not precise; not exclusively possessing either of a pair of contradictory attributes.

Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise. adjective

That branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems. adjective

Coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined. adjective

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. adjective

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. adjective

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. adjective

A quantity which has no fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with any proposed condition. adjective

A series whose terms proceed by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients. adjective

Not accurately determined or determinable. adjective

Imprecise or vague. adjective

Of growth: with no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless. adjective

Not accurately determined or determinable.

Imprecise or vague.

(of certain forms of limit) Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.

(of growth) With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.

(of inflorescences) Not topped with some form of terminal bud.

Intersex.

Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known.

Words that are spelled similarly to indeterminate:
indeterminate, undeterminate, determinate, indeterminacy, indeterminable, interminate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word indeterminate:
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Words that rhyme with indeterminate:
determine it, german it, per minute, sermon it.

Adjectives that are often used to describe indeterminate:
first, general, best, present, mere, cultural, pure, large, own, single, left, bare, little, whole, certain, absolute, vague, very, future, only, supreme, complex, effective, least, fold, latter, cold, allocative, net, degree, amorphous, static, constant, arabian, fourth, void, third.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective indeterminate:
sentence, number, structures, period, age, sentences, nature, perception, length, structure, form, sentencing, character, state, situation, amount, future, sex, results, equations, status, problems, beams, growth, colitis, systems, forms, origin, type, analysis, duration, value, problem, permit, position, quantity, being, space, beam, date, matter, meaning, size, concept, color, term, equation, periods, gender, situations, element, knowledge, errors, range, boundaries, object, truss, leprosy, quantities, quality, mass, distance, cognition, species, shape, result, trusses, fragments, colour, category, nodules, coefficients, lesions, idea, identity, extent, brahman, stresses, possibilities, zone, inflorescence, axis.

Consonant match to indeterminate:
undeterminate.

Words that sound like indeterminate:
indeterminate, indetermined, undetermined, endearment, indeterminacy, indictment, inditement, undermined, undermining, undermanned.