indeterminationn.

/ɪndɪtəːmɪˈneɪʃən/

Etymology: < indeterminate adj.: see -ation suffix. Compare French indétermination (1651 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

a. Absence or want of determination; the fact or condition of being undetermined; unsettledness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > unsettled or inconclusive state

indeterminationa1631

inconclusiveness1700

inconclusion1847

open-endedness1945

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 168 Though I doe withdraw my selfe from the wofull uncertainties, and irresolutions and indeterminations of the Court.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. §7. 107 The indetermination of her [the Virgin's] thoughts was a trouble great as the passion of her love.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iv. i. i. §5 In moral and spiritual things, liberty and indetermination are weakness.

1749 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Spirit Patriotism 243 His whole management..was contrived to keep up a kind of general indetermination in the party about the succession.

1838 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 44 545 While this indetermination continues, the power of choice remains inoperative.

1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. viii. 166 The earliest languages are marked by exuberance, indetermination.

b. The fact of being indeterminate as a quantity, a problem, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > indefiniteness

indefiniteness1589

indeterminateness1644

indeterminacy1649

indefinitya1734

indetermination1789

vagueness1799

indefinitude1828

indefinitivenessa1849

indefinitism1855

indefinition1888

1789 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. II. 32 Such things as are properly denominated problems, ought to avoid indetermination, and not to be of the number of things capable of infinite variation.

†c. An indeterminate number or quantity. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > particular qualities > unspecified or indeterminate

so many1533

indeterminationa1620

unknown quantity1633

unknown1817

X1847

uncertainty1853

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. x. §4. 309 All wholes, all parts, all termes, and all indeterminations.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	indetermination
释义	indeterminationn. /ɪndɪtəːmɪˈneɪʃən/ Etymology: < indeterminate adj.: see -ation suffix. Compare French indétermination (1651 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). a. Absence or want of determination; the fact or condition of being undetermined; unsettledness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > unsettled or inconclusive state indeterminationa1631 inconclusiveness1700 inconclusion1847 open-endedness1945 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 168 Though I doe withdraw my selfe from the wofull uncertainties, and irresolutions and indeterminations of the Court. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. §7. 107 The indetermination of her [the Virgin's] thoughts was a trouble great as the passion of her love. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iv. i. i. §5 In moral and spiritual things, liberty and indetermination are weakness. 1749 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Spirit Patriotism 243 His whole management..was contrived to keep up a kind of general indetermination in the party about the succession. 1838 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 44 545 While this indetermination continues, the power of choice remains inoperative. 1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. viii. 166 The earliest languages are marked by exuberance, indetermination. b. The fact of being indeterminate as a quantity, a problem, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > indefiniteness indefiniteness1589 indeterminateness1644 indeterminacy1649 indefinitya1734 indetermination1789 vagueness1799 indefinitude1828 indefinitivenessa1849 indefinitism1855 indefinition1888 1789 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. II. 32 Such things as are properly denominated problems, ought to avoid indetermination, and not to be of the number of things capable of infinite variation. †c. An indeterminate number or quantity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > particular qualities > unspecified or indeterminate so many1533 indeterminationa1620 unknown quantity1633 unknown1817 X1847 uncertainty1853 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. x. §4. 309 All wholes, all parts, all termes, and all indeterminations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1620
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