Definition of Determenate
De*ter"mi*nate (?), a. [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. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- limited, defined, resolved, decided
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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