Found 2 items, similar to indefinite article.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: indefinite article indefinite article n : a determiner (as `a' or `some' in English) that indicates non-specificity of reference
English → English (gcide) Definition: Indefinite article Indefinite \In*def"i*nite\, a. [L. indefinitus. See In- not, and Definite.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc. [1913 Webster] It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, “the chymists say this,” or “the chymists affirm that.” --Boyle. [1913 Webster] The time of this last is left indefinite. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as, indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line. [1913 Webster] Though it is not infinite, it may be indefinite; though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so to human comprehension. --Spectator. [1913 Webster] 3. Boundless; infinite. [R.] [1913 Webster] Indefinite and omnipresent God, Inhabiting eternity. --W. Thompson (1745). [1913 Webster] 4. (Bot.) Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate. [1913 Webster] Indefinite article (Gram.), the word a or an, used with nouns to denote any one of a common or general class. Indefinite inflorescence. (Bot.) See Indeterminate inflorescence , under Indeterminate. Indefinite proposition (Logic), a statement whose subject is a common term, with nothing to indicate distribution or nondistribution; as, Man is mortal. Indefinite term (Logic), a negative term; as, the not-good. Syn: Inexplicit; vague; uncertain; unsettled; indeterminate; loose; equivocal; inexact; approximate. [1913 Webster]