Found 3 items, similar to Determinate.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: determinate positif
English → English (WordNet) Definition: determinate determinate adj 1: 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] 2: not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; “determinate growth” [ant: indeterminate] 3: supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; “a definitive verdict”; “a determinate answer to the problem” [syn: definitive]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Determinate 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] 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]