indeterminate
pronunciation
How to pronounce indeterminate in British English:
UK [ˌɪndɪˈtɜ:mɪnət]
How to pronounce indeterminate in American English:
US [ˌɪndɪˈtɜrmɪnət]
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- Adjective:
- not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
- having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
- of uncertain or ambiguous nature
- not capable of being determined
- not leading to a definite ending or result
Word Origin
- indeterminate (adj.)
- late 14c., from Late Latin indeterminatus "undefined," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + determinatus, past participle of determinare (see determine). Related: Indeterminately.
Example
- 1. Australia last month issued new passport guidelines allowing citizens to give their official gender as male , female or indeterminate .
- 2. Schrdinger 's scenario illustrates the seeming irreconcilability between the indeterminate quantum realm and our everyday world of concrete and living objects .
- 3. If this explanation is right , the marbled crayfish will do very well for an indeterminate period , and will then suddenly vanish .
- 4. The foreground and background colors do not trap because they are both indeterminate colors .
- 5. The french lieutenant 's woman is full of mysterious and indeterminate factors .