INDETERMINATELY

Etymology

Adverb

indeterminately (comparative more indeterminately, superlative most indeterminately)

In an indeterminate manner.

Source: Wiktionary

INDETERMINATE

In`de*ter"mi*nate, a. Etym: [L. indeterminatus.]

Definition: Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. Paley. Indeterminate analysis (Math.), that branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems.

– Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined.

– Indeterminate equation (Math.), 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.

– Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot.), 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, botryose, centripetal, and indefinite inflorescence. Gray.

– Indeterminate problem (Math.), 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.

– Indeterminate quantity (Math.), a quantity which has no fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with any proposed condition.

– Indeterminate series (Math.), a series whose terms proceed by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients.

– In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly adv.

– In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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