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say it: in-di-TUR-mi-nit
indeterminate is an adjective meaning "not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance". It is pronounced /ˌɪndɪˈtɝmɪnɪt/ — in-di-TUR-mi-nit. It carries 5 recorded senses.
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”
having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
“an indeterminate stem”
botany
of uncertain or ambiguous nature
“the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists”
(of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved
“0/0 is an indeterminate form”
mathematics
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for indeterminate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.