Determinate Definition

dĭ-tûrmə-nĭt
adjective
Having exact limits; definite; distinct; fixed.
Webster's New World
Settled or decided; conclusive.
Webster's New World
Firm in purpose; resolute.
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Having a flower at the end of the primary axis and of each secondary axis; cymose.
Webster's New World
Terminating in a flower and blooming in a sequence beginning with the uppermost or central flower.
A determinate inflorescence.
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noun

(philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.

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verb
(obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.
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Other Word Forms of Determinate

Noun

Singular:
determinate
Plural:
determinates

Origin of Determinate

  • Middle English from Latin dēterminātus past participle of dētermināre to determine determine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin dēterminātus, perfect passive participle of dēterminō (“limit, set bounds”).

    From Wiktionary

Determinate Sentence Examples

  • They paid a fixed proportion of the produce (pars agraria) to the owner of the estate, and gave a determinate amount of labour (operae) on the portion of the domain which he kept in his own hands (mansus dominicus).

  • But 8 they are not congenitally present in the individual in a determinate shape.

  • The position of a lamina movable in its own plane is determinate when we know the positions of any two points A, B of it.

  • It follows that the single resultant to which the system in general reduces is uniquely determinate, i.e.

  • It is often a question of importance to determine the number of teeth in a train of wheels best suited for giving a determinate velocity ratio to two axes.

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Words Starting With

DDEDET

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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determinate

Words Starting With D and Ending With E

Starts With D & Ends With EStarts With DE & Ends With EStarts With D & Ends With TE

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With D11 Letter Words Ending With E