DETERMINATE

definitive, determinate

(adjective) supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; “a definitive verdict”; “a determinate answer to the problem”

determinate

(adjective) 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”

determinate

(adjective) not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; “determinate growth”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

determinate (not comparable)

Distinct, clearly defined. [from 14th c.]

Fixed, set, unvarying. [from 16th c.]

(biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.

Conclusive; decisive; positive.

(obsolete) Determined or resolved upon.

Of determined purpose; resolute.

Antonyms

• (limited): indeterminate, nondeterminate

• (biology): indeterminate

Noun

determinate (plural determinates)

(philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.

Etymology 2

Verb

determinate (third-person singular simple present determinates, present participle determinating, simple past and past participle determinated)

(obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.

Source: Wiktionary

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De*ter"mi*nate, a. Etym: [L. determinatus, p. p. of determinare. See Determine.]

1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite. Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet. Dryden.

2. Conclusive; decisive; positive. The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. Acts ii. 23.

3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.] My determinate voyage. Shak.

4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.] More determinate to do than skillful how to do. Sir P. Sidney. 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.

De*ter"mi*nate, v. t.

Definition: To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine. [Obs.] The sly, slow hours shall not determinate The dateless limit of thy dear exile. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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