Indeterminate

Definitions: Indeterminate

Indeterminate

Adjective

1. 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".

2. (botany) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem".

3. Of uncertain or ambiguous nature; "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists".

4. Not capable of being determined; "an indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle".

5. Not leading to a definite ending or result; "an indeterminate campaign".

6. Not clearly understood or expressed; "an indeterminate turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "indeterminate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, adjective. [Latin expression indeterminatus.]. (Websters 1913)

Science

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Indeterminate

Chance 2

Adjective: casual, fortuitous, accidental, adventitious, causeless, incidental, contingent, uncaused, undetermined, indeterminate; random, statistical; possible; unintentional.

Equivocalness

Adjective: equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous, homonymous; double-tongued; (lying); enigmatical, indeterminate.

Uncertainty

Vague; indeterminate, indefinite; ambiguous, equivocal; undefined, undefinable; confused; (indistinct); mystic, oracular; dazed.

Crosswords: Indeterminate

Books

• Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures (reference)

• Gangesa's theory of indeterminate perception : containing the text of Gangesa's Nirvikalpakavada with an English translation and explanatory notes (reference)

• Geographic Objects With Indeterminate Boundaries (GISDATA Series) (reference)

• Hyperstatic structures: an introduction to the theory of statically indeterminate structures (reference)

• 'If Mine Had Been the Painter's Hand': The Indeterminate in Nineteenth-Century Poetry and Painting (Literature and the Visual Arts, Vol 13) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Morton Feldman: Indeterminate Music (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Figure 52. Richter burettes, fabricated by Carl Richter at an indeterminate date. It is certain that the firm of Richter and Wiese made this type of burette for measuring salinity up until the recent times.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

Eight to 10 weeks after infection, the indeterminate stage begins. (references)

Human Rights

Madagascar

More than 655 detainees were tried in 2000 compared with more than 2,497 detainees tried in 1999; an indeterminate number of others were freed. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The court may render one of three decisions: Innocent, guilty, or indeterminate; if indeterminate, a case is returned to the Procurator for further investigation. (references)

Minorities

Greece

Northwestern Greece is home to an indeterminate number--estimates range widely, from under 10,000 to 50,000 or more--of citizens who speak a Slavic dialect at home, particularly in Florina province. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

Unlike in the previous year, there were no reports that security forces used "ghost houses," places where security forces tortured and detained government opponents incommunicado under harsh conditions for an indeterminate time with no supervision by the courts or other independent authorities with power to release the detainees; however, security forces kept in incommunicado detention opponents or suspected opponents of the Government in other locations during the year. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "indeterminate": Indeterminate analysis ♦ Indeterminate coefficients ♦ Indeterminate equation ♦ Indeterminate inflorescence ♦ Indeterminate problem ♦ Indeterminate quantity ♦ Indeterminate series. Additional references.

Ending with "indeterminate": semi-indeterminate.

Albanian

i paqartë (abstract, dark, dim, doubtful, dubious, dusky, evasive, inarticulate, indefinite, indistinct, muddy, nebulous, obscure, out of focus, recondite, shadowy, uncertain, unclear, undistinguishable, undistinguished, unknowable, unreadable, vague), i papërcaktuar (general, impersonal, indefinite, neutral, uncertain, undetermined), i pacaktuar (indefinite, inexplicit, unsure, vague), i errët (abstruse, addle, ambiguous, arcane, black, blind, cloudy, dark, darkling, darksome, deep, delphian, delphic, dim, dingy, dusky, foggy, fuscous, gloomy, inky, low-browed, mirk, misted, muddy, murk, murky, nebulous, nigrescent, obscure, opaque, recondite, sable, sad, secret, shady, somber, sombre, tenebrous). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غير محدد (iffy, indecisive, indefinite, sloppy, undefined), ‏غير معروف سلفا, ‏غير نهائي, ‏غامض (abstruse, ambiguous, cloudy, deep, dim, double faced, dreamy, enigmatic, evasive, fuzzy, grave, hazy, impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecisive, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, inscrutable, intangible, lax, magic, magical, misty, mysterious, mystic, nebulous, obscure, occult, opaque, puzzling, recondite, secret, shady, sketchy, slippery, sloppy, uncertain, unintelligible, vague, woolly), ‏عنقودي (clustered like grapes, grape). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съмнителен (alleged, ambiguous, amphibious, dingy, disputable, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, fly-by-night, hedge, hole-and-corner, moot, off beat, phoney, precarious, problematic, queer, questionable, screwy, seedy, shady, shaky, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, unsure, vague), нерешителен (double-minded, faltering, half hearted, hesitant, hesitative, indecisive, irresolute, purposeless, shilly shally, suspensive, undecided, undetermined, unready, unresolved, weak), неокончателен (inconclusive, indecisive, interlocutory, undecisive), неопределен (ambiguous, amorphous, formless, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indistinct, inexplicit, infinitive, loose, neutral, nondescript, uncertain, undefined, undetermined, unidentified, vague), неопределим (indefinable, undeterminable). (various references)

Chinese 

不确定 (indefinite), 不定 (adventitious, indefinite). (various references)

Czech

neurèitý (ambiguous, impressionistic, indefinable, indefinite, inexplicit, intangible, undeclared, vague), nejasný (abstruse, ambiguous, dim, dimmish, equivocal, faint, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, misty, obscure, stolid, tenuous, unclear, vague, woolly). (various references)

Danish

ubestemt løsning af normalligninger (indeterminate solution of the normal equations), ubestemt fejl (indeterminate error, indeterminate random error), tidsmæssigt ubegrænsede forpligtelse til helt eller delvis at tilbagebetale de modtagne SDR (liability-for an indeterminate period-to reimburse in whole or in part the SDRs), statisk ubestemt (statically indeterminate), spaendingudligning ved krybning i statisk ubestemte konstruktioner (redistribution of stress due to creep in indeterminate structures), overførsler af generel karakter med flere eller ubestemte formål (transfers of a general character intended for various or indeterminate purposes), kapitalgoder til kollektivt brug med ubestemt levetid (capital goods for collective use with an indeterminate life time). (various references)

Dutch

verplichting-voor onbepaalde tijd-om de ontvangen BTR geheel of gedeeltelijk terug te betalen (liability-for an indeterminate period-to reimburse in whole or in part the SDRs), toevallige fout (indeterminate error, indeterminate random error), statisch onbepaald (statically indeterminate), overdrachten met een algemeen karakter die ten behoeve van velerlei of onbepaalde doeleinden geschieden (transfers of a general character intended for various or indeterminate purposes), onbepaalde oplossing van de normaalvergelijkingen (indeterminate solution of the normal equations), kapitaalgoederen voor collectief gebruik met onbepaalde levensduur (capital goods for collective use with an indeterminate life time), herverdeling van spanningen bij kruip in onbepaalde constructies (redistribution of stress due to creep in indeterminate structures). (various references)

Farsi 

پادرهوا, نامعین (Indefinite, Insecure, Unlimited), نامشخص (Unlimited), بی نتیجه (Abortive, Inconclusive, Ineffective, Ineffectual). (various references)

Finnish

epämääräinen (hazy, indefinite, nondescript, uncertain, undetermined, vague, woolly). (various references)

French

indéterminé (indefinite), vague (incomprehensible, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, inkling, inscrutable). (various references)

German

unbestimmt (equivocal, equivocally, inconclusive, inconclusively, indecisive, indecisively, indefinite, nondescript, shadowy, unassigned, uncertain, uncertainly, undecided, undefined, undefinedly, undesignated, undetermined, unsettled, vague, vaguely). (various references)

Greek 

αόριστοσ (indefinite, intangible, preterit, undetermined, vague), ασαφήσ (ambiguous, blear, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, inexplicit, misty, vague). (various references)

Hebrew 

לא קבוע, �"סס� י (hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, tentative, timid). (various references)

Hungarian

határozatlan (equivocal, hesitant, indecisive, indefinite, indistinct, inexplicit, infirm, invertebrate, irresolute, obscure, shilly shally, shilly-shally, to be on the hedge, transcendental, undecided, undecisive, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, weak-kneed), bizonytalan (choppy, cranky, dicey, dim, dubious, elusive, equivocal, faint, faltering, fickle, have cold feet, hazy, hesitating, indefinite, insecure, irresolute, nondescript, obscure, pennky, precarious, questionable, sandy, scratchy, shaky, speculative, suspensive, to be in the air, to hang in the air, to hang in the balance, transcendental, uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, unsure, vague, woozy). (various references)

Indonesian

tak menentukan. (various references)

Italian

indeterminato. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

不定期 (irregular, tramp). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふていき (irregular, tramp). (various references)

Korean 

불확실한 (unsure). (various references)

Manx

neuvaghtallagh (obscure), anhickyr (inconstant, uncertain). (various references)

Pig Latin

indeterminateay

Portuguese

insolucionável (undeterminable), indeterminado (indefinite, neutral, non-ductile, undetermined, unsolved, vague), impreciso (blear, fuzzy, hit-and-miss, impregnable, inaccurate, incorrect, indefinite, lacklustre, sketchy, vague, wrong), vago (empty, faraway lands, fuzzy, general, half-light, hazy, indeclinable, indelibility, indescribable, jumbled up, lax, loose, nebulous, neutral country, remote, spare, transcendental, vacant, vague). (various references)

Romanian

vag (dim, distant, dull, dusty, evasive, evasively, faint, general, hazy, indefinable, indefinite, indistinct, lax, loose, loosely, misty, muddy, nebulous, remote, shadowy, sketchy, slight, vague, washy), nerezolvat (open, outstanding, pendent, pending, unsettled, unsolved), nedeterminat (indefinite). (various references)

Russian 

неопределенный (atemporal, chancy, dusty, hazy, iffy, imponderable, imprecise, indecisive, indefinite, inexplicit, infinite, infinitive, lax, suspenseful, uncertain, undefined, undetermined, unspecified, unsure, vague). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

neodrediv (indefinable, indeterminable), neodređen (indefinite, inexplicit, neutral, undeterminable, undetermined, unspecified), dvosmislen (ambiguous, double edged, double meaning, double-barrelled, equivocal, evasive). (various references)

Spanish

indeterminado (indefinite, nondescript, undetermined). (various references)

Swedish

vag (airy, diaphanous, foggy, impalpable, inarticulate, indefinite, intangible, loose, obscure, obtuse, vague), svävande (flit, floating, hovering, pensile, vague), oviss (contingent, doubtful, hanging, open, uncertain, up in the air), obestämd (airy, dreamy, fluid, indecisive, indefinite, inexplicit, intangible, obscure, uncertain, undecided, undetermined), obestämbar (indefinable, indeterminable). (various references)

Turkish

tereddüd (demur, doubt, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, indecision, irresolution, oscillation, pause, perplexity, puzzle, quandary, shilly shally, suspense, uncertainty, vacillation, vibration, wobble), süresi belirsiz (sine die), kararsızlık (changeability, dither, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, fickleness, flightiness, fluctuation, haziness, hesitance, hesitancy, incertitude, inconsistency, indecision, infirmity, infirmity of purpose, instability, irresolution, looseness, oscillation, quandary, shilly shally, suspense, uncertainty, unsteadiness, vacillation, variability), belli olmayan, belirsiz (ambiguous, backhanded, clouded, cloudy, cloudyly, dubious, dusty, equivocal, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, in the balance, indefinable, indefinite, indescribable, indistinct, inglorious, lax, misty, obscure, off color, off colour, precarious, shadowy, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undetermined, unsettled, vague). (various references)

Ukranian 

сумнівний (apocryphal, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, naughty, off color, off colour, precarious, problematic, problematical, queer, risky, shady, uncertain), невирішений (open, outstanding, pending, undecided), неозначений (infinitive). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vô hạn không rõ, vô định, mập mờ (dim, ill-defined, indefinite, misty, muddy, unprecise, woolly), mơ h�" không quyết định, lờ mờ (adumbration, dim, dreamy, dubious, dusty, indistinct, vague), không quả quyết (indecisive, undetermined), do dự (double-minded, dubitative, hesitant, hesitatingly, hesitative, indecisive, irresolute, shilly-shally, suspensive, undecided, undecisive, undetermined, unsettled, wavering). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "indeterminate": indeterminately, indeterminateness, indeterminatenesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Indeterminate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inderterminate, indeterminant, indetermine. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: intermediate.

-2 letters: determinant, determinate, detrainment, entertained, intenerated.

-3 letters: detainment, dinnertime, endearment, intenerate, intermedin, itinerated, terminated, tiemannite.

-4 letters: determent, determine, detriment, entertain, entrained, entreated, interment, intimated, intimater, intreated, itinerant, itinerate, nemertean, nemertine, netminder, reemitted, remediate, terminate.

-5 letters: admitter, antimere, attendee, attender, daintier, dementia, detainee, detainer, diameter, diriment, edentate, emendate, emeritae, imitated, indamine, indenter, inertiae, intender, intermit.

+2 letters: indeterminately, redetermination.

+3 letters: intermediateness, predetermination, redeterminations.

+4 letters: indeterminateness, predeterminations.

+5 letters: intermediatenesses.

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