indeterminate

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Synonyms: undeterminate, indeterminable, indeterminant, determinate, interminate, indeterminacy

Antonyms: undeterminate, indeterminable, indeterminant, determinate, interminate, indeterminacy

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Adjective

1. Not [[accurately]] [[determined]] or [[determinable]].
2. [[imprecise|Imprecise]] or [[vague]].
3. {{lb|en|analysis|of certain forms of [[limit]]}} Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of [[infinity]] or [[zero]] symbols used in any of several improper combinations.
4. {{lb|en|biology|of growth}} With no [[genetic]]ally [[define]]d end, and thus theoretically [[limitless]].
5. {{lb|en|botany|of [[inflorescence]]s}} Not topped with some form of [[terminal]] [[bud]].
6. [[intersex|Intersex]].
7. {{lb|en|architecture}} Designed to allow the [[incorporation]] of [[future]] [[change]]s whose nature is not yet known.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|algebra|strict sense}} A [[symbol]] that resembles a [[variable]] or [[parameter]] but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular [[value]];<br>{{lb|en|loose sense}} a [[variable]].

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