de·ter·mi·nate 
(dĭ-tûrmə-nĭt)
(dĭ-tûrmə-nĭt)adj.
1. Precisely limited or defined; definite: a determinate number; a determinate distance.
2. Conclusively settled; final.
3. Firm in purpose; resolute.
4. Botany
a. Terminating in a flower and blooming in a sequence beginning with the uppermost or central flower: a determinate inflorescence.
b. Not continuing indefinitely at the tip of an axis: determinate growth.
[Middle English, from Latin dēterminātus, past participle of dētermināre, to determine; see DETERMINE.]
de·termi·nate·ly adv.
de·termi·nate·ness n.
- black racer
- black raspberry
- black rat
- Black River
- Black Rod
- black rot
- Black Russian
- black salsify
- Blacksburg
- Black Sea
- black sheep
- Black Shirt
- Blackshirt
- black skimmer
- blacksmith
- blacksmithing
- black smoker
- blacksnake
- black spot
- black spruce
- Blackstone
- blackstrap
- blacktail deer
- black-tailed deer
- black tea